Total Crime Rate
365.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
111.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Oakley Road area has the 10th highest crime rate of 157 local areas in Darnall , and the 88th highest crime rate of 1,697 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 Oakley Road (S13 9AF) in the last 12 months was 365.9 per 1,000 residents and was 103.1% higher than the Darnall average (180.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 36 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -8.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 32 (≈ 111.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -3.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -63.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Oakley Road (S13 9AF), the main crime hotspot is near Handsworth Road. Police recorded 94 crimes here, including 30 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Handsworth Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Handsworth Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Handsworth Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Handsworth Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Handsworth Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Handsworth Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Handsworth Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Quarry Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Quarry Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Alder Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Quarry Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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