Total Crime Rate

156.6 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

55.0 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 156.6 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 76.9 10/10
  • Violent crimes 55.0 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 49.5 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.0 7/10
  • Other crime 5.5 7/10
  • Other theft 5.5 5/10
  • Public order 5.5 5/10
  • Drugs 2.8 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Rother 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.

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Crime Over Time in Rother Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences A6195 Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Chapel Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson A6195 Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Teal Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Teal Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Wath Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rother Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Robbery Moorbridge Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Moorbridge Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Moorbridge Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Moorbridge Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Mission Field
Apr 2026Public order Kingfisher Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Kingfisher Drive
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Kingfisher Drive
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Kingfisher Drive
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Knollbeck Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Knollbeck Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Dearne Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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