Recorded crime
Rotherham recorded crime by postcode district
Crimes police recorded in July 2026 within roughly 1 mile of each district centre, across 6 Rotherham districts. Counts, not rates.
Crimes recorded, July 2026
906
Across 6 districts, within about 1 mile of each centre.
- Districts
- 6
- Most recorded
- Violence
data.police.uk, July 2026
Summary
Recorded crime in Rotherham: police recorded 906 crimes in July 2026 within roughly 1 mile of the centre of each of the 6 postcode districts with a published figure. S66 has the lowest recorded count (36) and S65 the highest (253). The most often recorded category was violent crime, at 36% of the month's recorded crimes. These are counts, not rates: a district with shops, bars and a station will out-count a residential one on footfall alone.
Data from data.police.uk street-level crime API, July 2026.
Read this first
These are counts, not rates. data.police.uk street-level crime API publishes how many crimes were recorded near a point; it publishes no population figure to divide by. A district with a station, shops and bars will record more crime than a residential one because more people pass through it, not necessarily because residents are more likely to be a victim. Recorded crime is also only crime that was reported and recorded, and reporting rates vary by crime type and by area.
Use this to see the shape of a city and to prompt better questions, not to decide that one district is good and another bad.
Our take · opinion, not advice
Our take on Rotherham crime counts: big differences, read with care
Taken together, 6 Rotherham districts saw 906 crimes recorded in July 2026, and the table stretches from 36 in S66 to 253 in S65, a wide spread that shopping and nightlife districts create on their own.
If you are selling here, a buyer worried by a number is better served by facts about your street than by reassurance, so have them ready.
Sell houseA buyer’s best use of this table is to frame questions: violent crime was 36% of what police recorded, so ask whether it is common on the road itself.
Walk the street after dark and on a weekday morning, study the police’s street-level map for that postcode, and let your conveyancer chase any disclosure.
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Key figures
Rotherham crime counts at a glance
Police records for July 2026. A count near each district centre is not a safety ranking.
Lowest district
36
S66, crimes recorded
Middle district
172
Median of the districts
Highest district
253
S65, crimes recorded
Top category
Violence
323 of 906 crimes
Recorded crime
Rotherham crime by category and district
906 recorded crimes across 6 districts in July 2026.
By category
What the recorded crimes were
Violent crime was the most recorded category, with 323 of 906 crimes (36%). It describes the month's police records, not what is likely to happen to you.
See the figures
| Category | Recorded | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 323 | 36% |
| Anti social behaviour | 161 | 18% |
| Criminal damage arson | 97 | 11% |
| Shoplifting | 78 | 9% |
| Public order | 60 | 7% |
data.police.uk street-level crime API, July 2026
By district
Rotherham districts, lowest recorded count first
Counts run from 36 in S66 to 253 in S65. Each row is one postcode district: how many crimes police recorded within about a mile of its centre.
See the figures
| District | Recorded crimes | Most recorded category | Area data |
|---|---|---|---|
| S66 | 36 | Anti social behaviour (9) | S66 area report |
| S63 | 54 | Violent crime (30) | S63 area report |
| S60 | 165 | Violent crime (48) | S60 area report |
| S62 | 172 | Violent crime (65) | S62 area report |
| S61 | 226 | Violent crime (75) | S61 area report |
| S65 | 253 | Violent crime (99) | S65 area report |
Districts with no figure published for July 2026 are left out rather than shown as zero: a force not having published yet is not the same fact as no crime.
data.police.uk street-level crime API, July 2026
Reading the numbers
What the numbers show
Across the 6 Rotherham postcode districts with a published figure for July 2026, police recorded 906 crimes in total within roughly a mile of each district centroid. The median district recorded 168.5.
S66 has the lowest recorded crime count of the districts listed (36), and S65 the highest (253).
The spread across the city is wide: the highest-counting district recorded about 7.0 times as many crimes as the lowest. Much of a gap that size reflects what is in the radius: a city-centre district with shops, bars and a station will out-count a residential one before any difference in how people behave.
The most frequently recorded category across these districts was violent crime, at 36% of all recorded crimes in the month.
Questions, answered
Rotherham recorded crime: your questions
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Why does this page not rank Rotherham districts by crime rate?
Source and method
Where these figures come from
data.police.uk street-level crime API (API documentation), month 2026-07, one request per district at its centroid, ~1 mile radius. England and Wales only. Data.police.uk does not carry Police Scotland or PSNI. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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