Rotherham

10°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 13° / 8° · 59% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 8° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:10Sunset 16:27

9h 18m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

24US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Chesterfield Loundsley Green, United Kingdom

• 7.5 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.6% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

549 reported · August 2026▲ 12% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences163
• Shoplifting118
• Anti-social behaviour90
• Public order33

Neighbourhood team: Rotherham Central · South Yorkshire

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

429 reported road collisions (2025)

130 killed or seriously injured · 579 casualties · 16.1 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 422 rated 4–5 ★ (364 top)
• 12 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

• Nearest station: Rotherham Central (0.4 km)
• 91 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£191,052 average▲ 0.7% YoY

Across Rotherham · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£686 average monthly rent▲ 3.2% YoY

• 1 bed £488
• 2 bed £615
• 3 bed £743

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

5.8× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 5.8 times median annual pay (5.4× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

3,140 property sales in the last 12 months

12 months to May 2026

A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.

Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05

• Cheapest petrol: 156.9p · Esso (9.8 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.7p · Asda (9.7 km)

18 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

46 charging locations within ~8 km

• 20 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 250 kW
• Nearest: Wellgate Car Park (0.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres2
• Gyms8
• Sports pitches21
• Playgrounds9

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• Rotherham resident fined more than £1,100 after failing to clear waste-filled garden· 3 Nov 2026
• Discussions underway for future of listed building in town centre· 13 Oct 2026
• Rotherham Remembers – Remembrance Sunday and Armistice Day 2026· 13 Oct 2026
• Winter opening hours extended as Household Waste Centres return to Council management· 8 Oct 2026
• New Little Swinton play area complete as Swinton regeneration nears completion· 7 Oct 2026

Source: Rotherham Council

265,806 residents in Rotherham · 928/km²

• Under 16: 19%
• 16–64: 61%
• 65+: 20%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK12,254
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK10,214
• Net moves+2,040

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 53 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

21% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,382 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (53% of 122,330)

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

129 schools · 44,886 pupils

96 primary · 17 secondary · 16 other

Ofsted: 49 of 63 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (78%)

123 inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Rotherham

236 CQC-registered services

• Care homes84
• GP practices37
• Dentists46
• Homecare agencies54
• Hospitals & hospices7

CQC ratings: 93% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · Rotherham

• Not in the Green Belt
• 45 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

203 applications decided

89.2% granted · 181 granted, 22 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Sarah Champion

Labour

Rotherham

Source: UK Parliament

Labour majority

• Lab 31
• Con 12
• LD 3
• Grn 1
• Ref 1
• Oth 10

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

• Schools8
• GPs & clinics10
• Pharmacies8
• Supermarkets7
• Parks & greens27
• Restaurants & cafés73

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

9,325 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

1,037 jobs advertised · £37,783 avg

e.g. Market Research Field Interviewer Car Required Part-time, Sales Advisor, Theatre Nurse/ODP Scrub

Source: Adzuna

£671 median full-time weekly pay

3.7% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£20,481 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

44% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 127,299 certificates

14.5% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

85% low-carbon electricity

Biomass 42% · Wind 38% · Gas 10% · Imports 5%

91 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for Yorkshire · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 81.9 yrs women · 77.8 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 55.1 women · 55.6 men

73% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.4
• Feeling worthwhile7.7
• Happiness yesterday7.3
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.5

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

8 GP surgeries · 10 pharmacies in S65

• St Ann'S Medical Centre
• York Road Surgery
• Clifton Medical Centre

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Rotherham:

• Make carbon monoxide alarms mandatory in all holiday accommodation872 local signatures · 23,659 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth222 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Raise Human Rights Issues in Azad Kashmir with the Government of Pakistan 198 local signatures · 20,508 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases154 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Fund second stem cell transplants on NHS for relapse within 12 months148 local signatures · 30,826 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

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  Rotherham Minster · 0.2 km

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  Doncaster Gate Hospital · 0.2 km

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Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)