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Rawmarsh West

Ward

North west Rotherham. About 9,570 people in 5.8 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 100% of people in Rawmarsh West live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
9,349
2,766th most populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
100%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
99.0%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
4.4%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Rawmarsh West compares

Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.

Rawmarsh WestMiddle
Population25 wards, Rotherham · 2021
Population: every ward in Rotherham25 areas from 7,783 to 16,748. The middle area is 9,515. Rawmarsh West is 9,349.
9,34910th least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares25 wards, Rotherham · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Rotherham25 areas from 3.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 100.0%. Rawmarsh West is 100.0%.
100%joint most people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage25 wards, Rotherham · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Rotherham25 areas from 88.1% to 99.8%. The middle area is 97.9%. Rawmarsh West is 99.0%.
99.0%joint 9th highest
Claimant rate25 wards, Rotherham · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Rotherham25 areas from 1.6% to 7.6%. The middle area is 3.0%. Rawmarsh West is 4.4%.
4.4%7th highest

Is Rawmarsh West safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Rawmarsh West at a rate of 189.1 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 110.9 per 1,000 people across Rotherham.

Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.

In August 2026 alone, 151 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Rawmarsh West.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were shoplifting (559), violence and sexual offences (494) and other crime (257).

Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.

Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.

Figures for the whole of Rotherham

These figures are published for the whole of Rotherham, not for each ward, so they describe all of Rotherham and not Rawmarsh West alone. See Rotherham

Average house price
£191,496
Up 1.7% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£34,713
48th lowest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
5.5×
Joint 59th most affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
29.8
Joint 43rd most deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Rawmarsh West in brief

Rawmarsh West had 9,349 usual residents at the census.

About 100% of people in Rawmarsh West live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Rawmarsh West, 99.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Rawmarsh West, 4.4% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.