Crime Statistics for Moorgate, Rotherham, Rotherham, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Moorgate in October 2024. There were a total of 152 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 Moorgate, 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	56
Anti Social Behaviour	20
Public Order	16
Other Theft	14
Vehicle Crime	12
Drugs	8
Other Crime	6
Criminal Damage Arson	6
Burglary	6
Shoplifting	6
Possession Of Weapons	2
All Crime	152

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 Moorgate. 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 Moorgate

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Rotherham (1.39 miles)	483
Herringthorpe (1.24 miles)	432
Broom (0.62 miles)	340
Brecks (1.75 miles)	163
Moorgate	145
Brinsworth (1.86 miles)	126
Canklow (1.24 miles)	115
Catcliffe (1.75 miles)	68
Listerdale (1.39 miles)	53
Morthen (1.96 miles)	2

Where are the most violent places near Moorgate?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Moorgate 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
Brecks	74
Moorgate	56
Brinsworth	39
Canklow	26
Catcliffe	24
Listerdale	16
Morthen	0

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

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 Moorgate 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 Moorgate compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Rotherham East	88
2	Rotherham West	87
3	Rawmarsh	78
4	Valley	75
5	Boston Castle	71
6	Holderness	69
7	Rother Vale	66
8	Brinsworth and Catcliffe	60
9	Sitwell	58
10	Wickersley	52
11	Hellaby	44

Which road in Moorgate has the highest level of crime?

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