Rotherham West
WardWest Rotherham. About 15,363 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 5.8 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 100% of people in Rotherham West live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Rotherham West compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Rotherham West safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Rotherham West at a rate of 133.0 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, 196 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Rotherham West.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (771), other crime (355) and anti-social behaviour (321).
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 Rotherham West alone. See Rotherham
Rotherham West in brief
Rotherham West had 14,619 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in Rotherham West live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Rotherham West, 99.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Rotherham West, 6.1% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.