Crime Statistics for Ryecroft, Rotherham, Rotherham, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Ryecroft in August 2024. There were a total of 199 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Shoplifting.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Ryecroft, 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	68
Shoplifting	35
Anti Social Behaviour	20
Burglary	18
Public Order	16
Criminal Damage Arson	11
Vehicle Crime	9
Other Theft	8
Possession Of Weapons	4
Other Crime	4
Drugs	3
Robbery	2
Theft From The Person	1
All Crime	199

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 Ryecroft. 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 Ryecroft

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Dalton (1.39 miles)	496
Rawmarsh (0.62 miles)	461
Aldwarke (1.24 miles)	451
Parkgate (0.88 miles)	260
Ryecroft	199
Swinton (1.39 miles)	136
Thrybergh (1.39 miles)	116
Upper Haugh (1.39 miles)	69
Abdy (1.39 miles)	61
Kilnhurst (1.39 miles)	58

Where are the most violent places near Ryecroft?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Rawmarsh	300
Dalton	189
Aldwarke	154
Ryecroft	68
Parkgate	65
Swinton	54
Thrybergh	48
Upper Haugh	33
Abdy	29
Kilnhurst	26

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

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 Ryecroft 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 Ryecroft compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Rotherham East	88
2	Rotherham West	87
3	Wingfield	86
4	Rawmarsh	78
5	Valley	75
6	Boston Castle	71
7	Swinton	69
8	Wath	68
9	Silverwood	63
10	Brinsworth and Catcliffe	60
11	Sitwell	58

Which road in Ryecroft has the highest level of crime?

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