Total Crime Rate
13.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
7.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Leadmill Road area has the 4th lowest crime rate of 120 local areas in City , and the 128th lowest crime rate of 1,697 local areas in Sheffield .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Leadmill Road (S1 4SD) in the last 12 months was 13.0 per 1,000 residents and was 95.9% lower than the City average (314.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 25.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 7.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -70.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Leadmill Road (S1 4SD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Howard Lane, where police recorded 81 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Theatre/Concert Hall (26 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Sheffield| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Matilda Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Howard Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cross Turner Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cross Turner Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cross Turner Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cross Turner Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cross Turner Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Howard Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Howard Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Howard Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Howard Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Howard Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Suffolk Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Howard Lane | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Howard Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Howard Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Arundel Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Arundel Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Further/Higher Educational Building | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Further/Higher Educational Building | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Further/Higher Educational Building | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Further/Higher Educational Building | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Parking Area | Under investigation |
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