Total Crime Rate
134.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
63.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hollybank Drive area has the 19th highest crime rate of 49 local areas in Richmond , and the 442nd highest crime rate of 1,697 local areas in Sheffield .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Hollybank Drive (S12 2BR) in the last 12 months was 134.3 per 1,000 residents and was 63.6% higher than the Richmond average (82.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 433.3% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 63.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 240.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -58.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hollybank Drive (S12 2BR), the main crime hotspot is near Wadsworth Road. Police recorded 37 crimes here, including 19 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Sheffield| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Wadsworth Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wadsworth Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wadsworth Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Carpenter Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Carpenter Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Hunter'S Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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