Total Crime Rate
447.2 per 1,000
All offences · Nov 2024 - Oct 2025Violent Crime Rate
89.4 per 1,000
Nov 2024 - Oct 2025Corton Wood area has the highest crime rate of 91 local areas in Hoober , and the 19th highest crime rate of 872 local areas in Rotherham .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Corton Wood (S73 0TB) in the last 12 months was 447.2 per 1,000 residents and was 372.1% higher than the Hoober average (94.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 45 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 140.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -53.8% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 89.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 4.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -67.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Corton Wood (S73 0TB), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 151 crimes here, including 36 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Hoober| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2025 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Oct 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Oct 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Oct 2025 | Robbery | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Oct 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Oct 2025 | Public order | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Oct 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Oct 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cortonwood Drive | — |
| Oct 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Oct 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Oct 2025 | Other theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Oct 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Oct 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Cortonwood Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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