Crime Statistics for Herringthorpe, Rotherham, Rotherham, 2024

Is Herringthorpe rough? This is our street level crime rate statistics overview for December 2024. There were a total of 604 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Public Order.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Herringthorpe, 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	221
Public Order	72
Anti Social Behaviour	64
Other Theft	52
Other Crime	36
Drugs	30
Criminal Damage Arson	28
Burglary	28
Shoplifting	26
Vehicle Crime	23
Possession Of Weapons	10
Robbery	6
Bicycle Theft	6
Theft From The Person	2
All Crime	604

Map of street level crime incidents in December 2024

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

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Herringthorpe	575
Aldwarke (1.24 miles)	362
Rotherham (0.62 miles)	336
Dalton (1.39 miles)	283
Broom (0.62 miles)	223
Dalton Parva (0.88 miles)	201
Dalton Magna (1.39 miles)	149
Brecks (1.24 miles)	92
Moorgate (1.24 miles)	80
Listerdale (1.39 miles)	45

Where are the most violent places near Herringthorpe?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Herringthorpe	221
Dalton	125
Aldwarke	118
Rotherham	99
Broom	99
Dalton Parva	86
Dalton Magna	60
Brecks	35
Moorgate	30
Listerdale	16

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

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 Herringthorpe 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 Herringthorpe compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Herringthorpe and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Herringthorpe 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 Herringthorpe has the highest level of crime?

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