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Thurcroft & Wickersley South

Ward

South east Rotherham. About 10,567 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 12 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 3% of people in Thurcroft & Wickersley South live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
10,037
2,451st most populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
3%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
96.5%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
3.2%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Thurcroft & Wickersley South compares

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

Thurcroft & Wickersley SouthMiddle
Population25 wards, Rotherham · 2021
Population: every ward in Rotherham25 areas from 7,783 to 16,748. The middle area is 9,515. Thurcroft & Wickersley South is 10,037.
10,03710th 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%. Thurcroft & Wickersley South is 3.0%.
3%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%. Thurcroft & Wickersley South is 96.5%.
96.5%joint 9th lowest
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%. Thurcroft & Wickersley South is 3.2%.
3.2%joint 10th highest

Is Thurcroft & Wickersley South safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Thurcroft & Wickersley South at a rate of 96.8 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 Thurcroft & Wickersley South.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (399), anti-social behaviour (183) and other crime (131).

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 Thurcroft & Wickersley South alone. See Rotherham

Average house price
£191,052
Up 0.7% in a year
HM Land Registry · Aug 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
Thurcroft & Wickersley South in brief

Thurcroft & Wickersley South had 10,037 usual residents at the census.

About 3% of people in Thurcroft & Wickersley South live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Thurcroft & Wickersley South, 96.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Thurcroft & Wickersley South, 3.2% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.