S62
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Rawmarsh, Upper Haugh and Ryecroft, in Rotherham.
Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an S62 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 100% of people in S62 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How S62 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is S62 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in S62 at a rate of 141.6 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 109.1 per 1,000 people across the S postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 273 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in S62.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (959), shoplifting (626) and other crime (435).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in S62 was 118.0 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 S62, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so S62 has no single figure. Of its 14 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 2: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in S62
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rotherham 005A | 1,398 | 45.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.0% |
| Rotherham 005B | 1,954 | 110.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.1% |
| Rotherham 005C | 1,397 | 97.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| Rotherham 005D | 1,474 | 117.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| Rotherham 005E | 1,467 | 238.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Rotherham 006A | 1,326 | 54.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 97.8% |
| Rotherham 006B | 1,375 | 161.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.8% |
| Rotherham 006C | 1,423 | 81.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Rotherham 006D | 1,445 | 117.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.8% |
| Rotherham 007A | 1,397 | 56.3 per 1,000 | 5 | 53.7% |
| Rotherham 008A | 1,355 | 78.0 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.8% |
| Rotherham 008B | 1,542 | 109.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.7% |
| Rotherham 008C | 1,700 | 184.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.8% |
| Rotherham 008D | 1,719 | 483.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 96.2% |
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.
Middle areas in S623
Postcode sectors in S623
Council1
Towns in S621
Postcode districts next to S629
Nearest rail stations4
More in the S postcode area2
S62 in brief
S62 is a postcode district covering Rawmarsh, Upper Haugh and Ryecroft, in Rotherham.
About 21,076 people lived in S62 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £163,000 in 2025 across 227 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 141.6 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in S62 was £163,000 in 2025.
S62 had 20,573 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in S62 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In S62, 95.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.