Worst roads in Rotherham for fire attacks

And now Canklow Road has reached an unwanted milestone: it has suffered from a total of 100 arsons in recent times.

There was no road in the bigger-populated city of Sheffield that reached that number.

Most of the Canklow fires were minor...yobs setting rubbish piles, wheely-bins and street furniture alight.

But there have been other arson attacks on vehicles, including a caravan.

The Advertiser has accessed South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue data which confirms the disturbing picture.

Today we share the top 15 addresses for arson within the Rotherham borough, covering a period from July 2020 to summer 2023.

Maltby’s community came out badly in these figures.

But the worst neighbourhood is Canklow Road, which is quite a long stretch of highway from the Westgate area towards Canklow Woods primary school, with a long wooded area and playground running along one part of the stretch.

SYFR say 100 arson incidents have hit Canklow Road in three years.

And Rotherham’s second worst-hit area for fire-raising is just a short distance away in Centenary Way, which has had 74 similar attacks.

Then comes the long Rotherham route that is Doncaster Road, with 45. Fourth comes Hollings Lane which connects Ravenfield and Thrybergh districts, with 42 attacks. And the unhappy top five is completed by Muglet Lane in Maltby, with 37.

The following ten are: Blyth Road, Maltby (36), Leicester Road, Dinnington (32), Sheffield Road, heading through Templeborough (28), Fenton Road and Mansfield Road, town centre (27), Grange Lane, Maltby (26), Mortimer Road, Maltby (24), Undergate Road, Dinnington (21), Aldwarke Lane, Aldwarke and Bawtry Road (both 20).

RMBC Boston Castle ward councillor Taiba Yasseen said: “I am disappointed that this is the first time I am learning about such high arson attack figures in the ward.”

Cllr Yasseen said she wants police acknowledgment of the situation and added that “this matter is urgent and a priority”.

More than half of the fires dealt with by SYFR are arsons. Last year there were 1,055 arsons in Rotherham.

South Yorkshire police warn that deliberate fires, however minor, can lead to “tragic consequences”.