Total Crime Rate
10.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Lydgate Lane area has the 7th lowest crime rate of 96 local areas in Crookes and Crosspool , and the 63rd lowest crime rate of 1,705 local areas in Sheffield .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Lydgate Lane (S10 5FT) in the last 12 months was 10.1 per 1,000 residents and was 78.6% lower than the Crookes and Crosspool average (47.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2024, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.
Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 6.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -81.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lydgate Lane (S10 5FT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Manchester Road, where police recorded 68 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Selborne Road (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Crookes and Crosspool| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Forres Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Manchester Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Selborne Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Manchester Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Headland Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Headland Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Manchester Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Manchester Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Manchester Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Headland Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Manchester Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Manchester Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Manchester Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Manchester Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Manchester Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Manchester Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Selborne Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Headland Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Headland Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cairns Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Vernon Terrace | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Lydgate Hall Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Selborne Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Selborne Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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