Wath upon Dearne
TownTown in Rotherham, Yorkshire and The Humber.
Wath upon Dearne is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Wath upon Dearne add up the census output areas (or, for claimants, the neighbourhoods) that sit mostly inside it, so they are close to, but not exactly, the town’s own.
Radon Affected Area by town
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 85% of people in Wath upon Dearne live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Wath upon Dearne compares
Each dot is a town. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Wath upon Dearne safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Wath upon Dearne at a rate of 116.6 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 108.4 per 1,000 people across Yorkshire and The Humber.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 185 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Wath upon Dearne.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (866), anti-social behaviour (348) and other crime (335).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Wath upon Dearne was 96.1 per 1,000 people.
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.
Deprivation in Wath upon Dearne, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Wath upon Dearne has no single figure. Of its 10 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 2: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in Wath upon Dearne
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rotherham 001D | 1,679 | 122.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Rotherham 001E | 1,425 | 61.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 98.1% |
| Rotherham 001F | 1,751 | 92.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 85.9% |
| Rotherham 001G | 2,154 | 119.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.5% |
| Rotherham 002A | 1,692 | 121.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 85.7% |
| Rotherham 002B | 1,450 | 60.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 97.0% |
| Rotherham 002C | 1,554 | 80.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 95.7% |
| Rotherham 002D | 1,748 | 104.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 80.8% |
| Rotherham 002E | 1,585 | 115.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 89.4% |
| Rotherham 002F | 1,937 | 203.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 89.4% |
Your MP
- John HealeyLabourMP for Rawmarsh and Conisbrough
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Council1
Postcode districts covering Wath upon Dearne1
Middle areas in Wath upon Dearne2
Towns near Wath upon Dearne6
Wath upon Dearne in brief
Wath upon Dearne is a town in Rotherham, Yorkshire and The Humber.
About 17,665 people lived in Wath upon Dearne in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £190,000 in 2025 across 243 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 116.6 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in Wath upon Dearne was £190,000 in 2025.
Wath upon Dearne had 16,962 usual residents at the census.
About 85% of people in Wath upon Dearne live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Wath upon Dearne, 89.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.