Rotherham North — Neighbourhood Policing Team
Local policing team in the South Yorkshire Police area: contact routes, current priorities and public events.
Neighbourhood Policing Neighbourhood Policing in South Yorkshire provides communities with Teams of dedicated, local Police Officers together with Police Community Support Officers, who listen to and work with the public, community groups, partner agencies and businesses to reduce crime, protect the vulnerable and enhance community safety through problem-solving approaches. SYP’s Neighbourhood Policing promises are to:- • Include a number of organisations working in partnership and with the public to deliver results in a joint way; • Protect the vulnerable through early intervention and prevention; • Proactively understand and prevent crime and harm by working together to solve problems, identifying offenders and people at most risk of harm; • Tackle crime and antisocial behaviour; and • Engage and communicate effectively with communities by listening to and prioritising concerns helping us to understand the issues that matter the most. Every neighbourhood in South Yorkshire has a dedicated Neighbourhood Policing Team (NHP) that works together with the local community to protect the vulnerable, tackle crime and antisocial behaviour, engage and communicate effectively with communities and enhance community safety through problem solving partnership approaches, days of action and enforcement. North The Rotherham North NHP is based at Rawmarsh Police Station and comprises an Inspector, 2 Sergeants, 7 Police Constables, including a Children and Young Persons’ (CYPO) Officer and 4 Police Community Support Officers (PCSOs). The North Neighbourhood is managed by Inspector Lesley Fretwell
Contact the team
In an emergency always call 999. For non-emergencies call 101 or use South Yorkshire Police's online reporting.
Recorded crime — June 2026
771 street-level crimes recorded within this team’s boundary.
Compared with May 2026 (874): ▼ 103 (12%) lower. Recorded-crime counts fluctuate month to month.
- Violence and sexual offences290 · 38%
- Anti-social behaviour125 · 16%
- Shoplifting73 · 9%
- Criminal damage and arson69 · 9%
- Public order55 · 7%
- Other theft43 · 6%
- Burglary40 · 5%
- Vehicle crime30 · 4%
Street-level open data from data.police.uk (Open Government Licence v3.0), counted within this team’s official boundary. Locations on data.police.uk are approximate — snapped to anonymised map points near where each crime occurred — so figures are a guide, not an exact address-level count. Captured 2026-08-08.
What happened to reported crimes — June 2026
726 recorded outcomes logged within this team’s boundary.
- Unable to prosecute suspect364 · 50%
- Investigation complete; no suspect identified248 · 34%
- Awaiting court outcome55 · 8%
- Local resolution47 · 6%
- Further action is not in the public interest5 · 1%
- Offender given a caution5 · 1%
Recorded outcomes from data.police.uk (Open Government Licence v3.0). A crime and its outcome can fall in different months, so these do not map one-to-one onto the crime counts above. Captured 2026-08-09.
Current priorities
Increased calls from local residents, business owner & visitors to Cortonwood Retail Park, regarding nuisance vehicle issues at locality. Regular car meets, Vehicles driven in an Antisocial-manner
Regular directed patrols, both uniform & plain clothes officers are taking place on a daily basis. Regular directed patrols from Roads Policing Team. Neighbourhood Team taking a multi-agency approach & working closely with business & land owners, to help alleviate this issues
Set: 2026-04-01
Increased calls from business owners & visitors to McDonalds & Asda in regard to Youth related Anti-social Behaviour around locality. Increased calls in relation to person/s begging at both stores.
Directed daily patrols both uniformed & plane clothes officers Neighbourhood Team to work alongside business owners to help reduce issues in locality. NPT to ID person/s causing issues in area. Multi-agency working to help reduce the impact of behaviour
Set: 2026-04-01
Team locations
- Rawmarsh Police Station (station)Green Lane Rawmarsh Rotherham S62 6JW, S62 6JW
Nearby teams in South Yorkshire Police
- Rotherham Central
- Barnsley South
- Barnsley South East
- Sheffield North East
- Sheffield South East
- Rotherham South
Source: data.police.uk API · Licensed under Open Government Licence v3.0 · Fetched 2026-07-13. BlueLineHub is independent and not affiliated with South Yorkshire Police.