Schools
56 open schools are in scope, including 41 primary and 8 secondary schools. Newman School is the nearest published school at 504 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
S60 5BQ
Boston Castle · Rotherham · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Boston Castle
- Local authority
- Rotherham
- Constituency
- Rotherham
- Postcode district
- S60
- Postcode sector
- S60 5
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- S60 5BQ
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 February 1984
- Terminated
- 1 May 1994
- Postcode area
- S
- Postcode district
- S60
- Postcode sector
- S60 5
- Latitude
- 53.406809
- Longitude
- -1.339607
- British National Grid easting
- 444,000
- British National Grid northing
- 390,200
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- Yorkshire and the Humber · E12000003
- Local authority district
- Rotherham · E08000018
- Electoral ward
- Boston Castle · E05012996
- Parish or community
- E43000172
- Westminster constituency
- Rotherham · E14001452
- Output area
- E00038899
- Lower layer super output area
- Rotherham 023B · E01007678
- Middle layer super output area
- Rotherham 023 · E02001600
Postcode source versions
- Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
- Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence
Explore S60
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 56
- Primary
- 41
- Secondary
- 8
- 504 m
Newman School
Academy special sponsor led
- 944 m
Whiston Junior and Infant School
Academy converter
- 1.1 km
Oakwood High School
Academy converter
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 1,153
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 436
- Anti social behaviour 169
- Public order 120
- Vehicle crime 88
- Criminal damage and arson 69
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- S60 5 residents
- 15,219
Age bands in S60 5
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 16.8%
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.8%
- Age 25 to 44
- 25.9%
- Age 45 to 64
- 27.5%
- Age 65 and over
- 19%
2,502 residents
1,604 residents
3,845 residents
4,083 residents
2,826 residents
Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.
Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.
GP practices
15
within 5 km straight-line
BROOM LANE MEDICAL CENTRE
70 BROOM LANE, BROOM, ROTHERHAM, S60 3EW
ODS code C87012
1.3 km
STAG MEDICAL CENTRE
162 WICKERSLEY ROAD, ROTHERHAM, S60 4JW
ODS code C87007
1.9 km
TREETON MEDICAL CENTRE
10 ARUNDEL STREET, TREETON, ROTHERHAM, S60 5PW
ODS code C87014
2.6 km
CLIFTON MEDICAL CENTRE
ROTHERHAM HEALTH VILLAGE, DONCASTER GATE, ROTHERHAM, S65 1DA
ODS code C87017
2.7 km
GATEWAY PRIMARY CARE
THE GATE, CHATHAM HOUSE, DONCASTER GATE, ROTHERHAM, S65 1DA
ODS code C87622
2.7 km
ST ANN'S MEDICAL CENTRE
ROTHERHAM HEALTH VILLAGE, DONCASTER GATE, ROTHERHAM, S65 1DA
ODS code C87005
2.7 km
BRINSWORTH MEDICAL CENTRE
171 BAWTRY ROAD, BRINSWORTH, ROTHERHAM, S60 5ND
ODS code C87009
2.7 km
YORK ROAD SURGERY
YORK ROAD, ROTHERHAM, S65 1PW
ODS code C87010
3.2 km
WAVERLEY MEDICAL CENTRE
SUNNY LANE, WAVERLEY, ROTHERHAM, S60 8GD
ODS code Y08645
3.4 km
SHAKESPEARE ROAD SURGERY
50 SHAKESPEARE ROAD, EASTWOOD, ROTHERHAM, S65 1QY
ODS code C87608
3.6 km
WOODSTOCK BOWER GROUP PRACTICE
1 KIMBERWORTH ROAD, ROTHERHAM, S61 1AH
ODS code C87003
3.7 km
THE MEDICAL CENTRE DR OKORIE
1A INGFIELD AVENUE, TINSLEY, SHEFFIELD, S9 1WZ
ODS code C88655
3.9 km
MORTHEN ROAD SURGERY
2 MORTHEN ROAD, WICKERSLEY, ROTHERHAM, S66 1EU
ODS code C87016
4.2 km
WICKERSLEY HEALTH CENTRE
POPLAR GLADE, WICKERSLEY, ROTHERHAM, S66 2JQ
ODS code C87015
4.3 km
HANDSWORTH MEDICAL PRACTICE
432 HANDSWORTH ROAD, HANDSWORTH, SHEFFIELD, S13 9BZ
ODS code C88036
4.9 km
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
West Bawtry Road/Long Lane
BCT · Whiston
- 0.1 miles
West Bawtry Road/Long Lane
BCT · Whiston
- 0.2 miles
Moorgate Road/Whiston Grange
BCT · Whiston
- 0.2 miles
West Bawtry Road/Moorgate Road
BCT · Whiston
- 0.2 miles
Moorgate Road/Whiston Grange
BCT · Whiston
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Rotherham 023B, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.
Overall IMD decile
9 of 10
Overall England rank
28,584 of 33,755
- Income
- 8 of 10
- Employment
- 8 of 10
- Education and skills
- 8 of 10
- Health and disability
- 8 of 10
- Crime
- 7 of 10
- Housing and services
- 6 of 10
- Living environment
- 9 of 10
These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
1,153 published events cover 12 months, averaging 96.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 436 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.