Total Crime Rate

139.5 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 139.5 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 81.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 15.0 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.7 7/10
  • Burglary 8.6 8/10
  • Public order 8.6 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 6.4 9/10
  • Drugs 2.2 1/10
  • Other theft 2.2 1/10
  • Robbery 2.2 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.2 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Sousa Street area has the 12th highest crime rate of 34 local areas in Hellaby & Maltby West , and the 210th highest crime rate of 870 local areas in Rotherham .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Sousa Street (S66 7QA) in the last 12 months was 139.5 per 1,000 residents and was 94.7% higher than the Hellaby & Maltby West average (71.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 38 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 46 (≈ 98.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 2.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -15.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Sousa Street (S66 7QA), the main crime hotspot is near Birks Holt Drive. Police recorded 47 crimes here, including 26 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Sousa Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Birks Holt Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lee Croft Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Quilter Road
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sousa Street
Sep 2025Public order Mortimer Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lee Croft Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lee Croft Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lee Croft Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lee Croft Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Lee Croft Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Jowitt Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Birks Holt Drive Under investigation

Data Sources

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