Total Crime Rate
40.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
16.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hollindale Drive area has the 24th lowest crime rate of 67 local areas in Birley , and the 527th 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 Hollindale Drive (S12 2EP) in the last 12 months was 40.5 per 1,000 residents and was 56.6% lower than the Birley average (93.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 150.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 16.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -57.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hollindale Drive (S12 2EP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Alnwick Drive, where police recorded 15 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Frith Close (10 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 | Hollindale Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hollinsend Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Alnwick Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Alnwick Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alnwick Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Frith Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cadman Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stanhope Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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