Total Crime Rate
107.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Ravenscroft Avenue area has the 20th highest crime rate of 49 local areas in Richmond , and the 573rd highest crime rate of 1,705 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 Ravenscroft Avenue (S13 8PJ) in the last 12 months was 107.3 per 1,000 residents and was 31.6% higher than the Richmond average (81.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 400.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 62.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 63.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -33.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ravenscroft Avenue (S13 8PJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Stradbroke Crescent, where police recorded 35 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Smelter Wood Way (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Richmond| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Pickard Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ravenscroft Oval | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Smelter Wood Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Smelter Wood Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Smelter Wood Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stradbroke Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stradbroke Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Stradbroke Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Stradbroke Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stradbroke Close | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Stradbroke Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Stradbroke Close | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Glenholme Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ravenscroft Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Ravenscroft Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ravenscroft Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pickard Drive | Under investigation |
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