Total Crime Rate
61.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
33.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Knollbeck Lane area has the 38th lowest crime rate of 90 local areas in Hoober , and the 376th lowest crime rate of 869 local areas in Rotherham .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Knollbeck Lane (S73 0TW) in the last 12 months was 61.5 per 1,000 residents and was 42.6% lower than the Hoober average (107.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 133.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 33.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 83.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -41.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Knollbeck Lane (S73 0TW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Mission Field, where police recorded 35 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Kingfisher Drive (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Hoober| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kingfisher Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mission Field | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kingfisher Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kingfisher Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Kingfisher Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Chapel Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dearne Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Knollbeck Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Knollbeck Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bierlow Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bierlow Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bierlow Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Spring Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Garden Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Garden Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Garden Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Garden Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Garden Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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