Crime Statistics for Brecks, Rotherham, Rotherham, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Brecks in October 2024. There were a total of 186 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 Brecks, 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	74
Anti Social Behaviour	30
Criminal Damage Arson	25
Other Theft	12
Vehicle Crime	10
Burglary	10
Public Order	10
Drugs	8
Shoplifting	4
Possession Of Weapons	2
Theft From The Person	1
All Crime	186

Map of street level crime incidents in October 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Brecks. 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 Brecks

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Rotherham (1.86 miles)	483
Aldwarke (1.75 miles)	442
Herringthorpe (1.24 miles)	432
Dalton Parva (0.88 miles)	423
Broom (1.39 miles)	340
Dalton (1.39 miles)	225
Brecks	163
Dalton Magna (0.62 miles)	151
Moorgate (1.75 miles)	145
Listerdale (0.62 miles)	53

Where are the most violent places near Brecks?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Broom	270
Herringthorpe	176
Rotherham	154
Dalton Parva	144
Aldwarke	132
Dalton	80
Brecks	74
Dalton Magna	59
Moorgate	56
Listerdale	16

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

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 Brecks 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 Brecks compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Brecks and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Brecks is ranked #4.

#	Ward	Score
1	Rotherham East	88
2	Rotherham West	87
3	Rawmarsh	78
4	Valley	75
5	Boston Castle	71
6	Swinton	69
7	Silverwood	63
8	Brinsworth and Catcliffe	60
9	Sitwell	58
10	Wickersley	52
11	Hellaby	44

Which road in Brecks has the highest level of crime?

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