81 power cuts since 29 September, 9 of them on Monday 19 October
- 81new cuts since 29 Sept
- 9in one day, 19 Oct
- 36of 45 days with a cut
www.preparedbritain.co.uk/home-report/rotherhamOfficial feeds, counted daily
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Power cuts
81
new unplanned cuts in the Rotherham area, on 36 of 45 days
Busiest day: 19 October. Rotherham had more cuts a day, for its size, than 65 of the 99 towns we track.
See every day →From our record of every cut Northern Powergrid publishes, read every 10 minutes and counted by the day each cut started; last counted Fri 13 Nov, 11:35. These are minimums. One fault can affect many streets, so this is how often cuts happen in the area, not how often one home loses power.
Flood
1 in 41
homes in Rotherham has some flood risk
651 at high risk
Environment Agency, RoFRS edition v202606.
Weather
No Met Office warnings for Yorkshire & Humber right now
All warningsMet Office, read Fri 13 Nov, 06:20.
Water
Yorkshire Water
No hosepipe banHosepipe bans as we last confirmed them, 5 Nov 2026.
Break-ins
Burglary rate
39% above averagepolice.uk, year ending March 2026 (police recorded crime).
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Sources: Northern Powergrid live network data, read Fri 13 Nov, 06:20, counted daily by us (last Fri 13 Nov, 11:35). Environment Agency flood risk, RoFRS edition v202606. Met Office warnings, read Fri 13 Nov, 06:20. Water companies and the Environment Agency, for hosepipe bans, confirmed 5 Nov 2026. police.uk recorded crime, year ending March 2026 (police recorded crime). Figures cover the Rotherham council area, not a single street.
