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Sitwell

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West Rotherham. About 12,902 people in 13 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 70% of people in Sitwell live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
12,651
1,395th most populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
70%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
99.3%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
2.1%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Sitwell compares

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

SitwellMiddle
Population25 wards, Rotherham · 2021
Population: every ward in Rotherham25 areas from 7,783 to 16,748. The middle area is 9,515. Sitwell is 12,651.
12,6517th most 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%. Sitwell is 70.0%.
70%4th fewest 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%. Sitwell is 99.3%.
99.3%joint 5th 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%. Sitwell is 2.1%.
2.1%joint 6th lowest

Is Sitwell safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Sitwell at a rate of 58.9 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, 83 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Sitwell.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (261), anti-social behaviour (144) and other crime (128).

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 Sitwell 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
Sitwell in brief

Sitwell had 12,651 usual residents at the census.

About 70% of people in Sitwell live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Sitwell, 99.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Sitwell, 2.1% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.