Crime Rates at Smelterwood Drive, Sheffield, S13 8RJ

Smelterwood Drive area has the 4th highest crime rate of 49 local areas in Richmond , and the 88th highest crime rate of 1,705 local areas in Sheffield .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Smelterwood Drive (S13 8RJ) in the last 12 months was 368.3 per 1,000 residents and was 351.6% 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 61 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 70 (≈ 222.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 52.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 152.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Smelterwood Drive (S13 8RJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Stradbroke Drive, where police recorded 48 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Glenholme Place (36 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.