Rotherham is the safest major town in South Yorkshire, and is the 33rd most dangerous overall out of South Yorkshire's 109 towns, villages, and cities. The overall crime rate in Rotherham in 2021 was 104 crimes per 1,000 people.

Compared to the national crime rate, Liverpool's crime rate is at 147%. Violent crime makes up 38.8% of all crimes reported in the postcode area. The total number of "violent crime" is 48.4k, and this number has increased by 22.5% when compared year-over-year in the period of September 2021 - August 2022.