Total Crime Rate
45.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
36.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Mawfa Drive area has the 16th lowest crime rate of 45 local areas in Gleadless Valley , and the 595th 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 Mawfa Drive (S14 1AR) in the last 12 months was 45.7 per 1,000 residents and was 64.8% lower than the Gleadless Valley average (130.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 71.4% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 36.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 71.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -82.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Mawfa Drive (S14 1AR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 125 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Sports/Recreation Area (24 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 | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Constable Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Constable Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Landseer Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Landseer Drive | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Sports/Recreation Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Sports/Recreation Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mawfa Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mawfa Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Gaunt Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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