Total Crime Rate
156.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
55.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Rother Street area has the 16th highest crime rate of 90 local areas in Hoober , and the 177th highest crime rate of 869 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 Rother Street (S73 0XJ) in the last 12 months was 156.6 per 1,000 residents and was 46.1% higher than the Hoober average (107.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 28 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 54.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -9.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -12.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Rother Street (S73 0XJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Kingfisher Drive, where police recorded 39 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Moorbridge Crescent (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Hoober| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | A6195 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Chapel Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | A6195 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Teal Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Teal Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Wath Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rother Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Moorbridge Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Moorbridge Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Moorbridge Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Moorbridge Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mission Field | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Kingfisher Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kingfisher Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kingfisher Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kingfisher Drive | — |
| 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 | Dearne Road | Under investigation |
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