Crime Statistics for Broom, Rotherham, Rotherham, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Broom in August 2024. There were a total of 314 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Anti Social Behaviour.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Broom, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	116
Anti Social Behaviour	58
Public Order	29
Criminal Damage Arson	28
Other Crime	21
Other Theft	16
Burglary	14
Vehicle Crime	11
Drugs	8
Shoplifting	6
Possession Of Weapons	4
Robbery	2
Theft From The Person	1
All Crime	314

Map of street level crime incidents in August 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Broom. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.

Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Broom

We've taken the ten nearest places to Broom and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Broom has more crime than other surrounding areas.

Location	Crime Incidents
Rotherham (0.88 miles)	519
Herringthorpe (0.62 miles)	454
Aldwarke (1.86 miles)	451
Dalton Parva (1.39 miles)	427
Broom	239
Dalton Magna (1.75 miles)	190
Brecks (1.39 miles)	129
Moorgate (0.62 miles)	107
Listerdale (1.24 miles)	70
Canklow (1.39 miles)	69

Where are the most violent places near Broom?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Broom and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

Location	Violent Incidents
Dalton Parva	179
Rotherham	167
Herringthorpe	154
Aldwarke	154
Broom	116
Dalton Magna	79
Brecks	45
Moorgate	37
Canklow	25
Listerdale	19

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Broom?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Broom to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Broom compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Broom and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Broom is ranked #9.

#	Ward	Score
1	Rotherham East	88
2	Rotherham West	87
3	Wingfield	86
4	Rawmarsh	78
5	Valley	75
6	Boston Castle	71
7	Rother Vale	66
8	Brinsworth and Catcliffe	60
9	Sitwell	58
10	Wickersley	52
11	Hellaby	44

Which road in Broom has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Broom with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around this marker.