Total Crime Rate

426.7 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 426.7 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 142.2 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 102.2 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 44.4 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 35.6 10/10
  • Burglary 26.7 10/10
  • Other crime 22.2 10/10
  • Drugs 17.8 10/10
  • Public order 17.8 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 13.3 10/10
  • Other theft 4.4 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Blackstock Road area has the 9th highest crime rate of 121 local areas in City , and the 71st 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 Blackstock Road (S14 1LA) in the last 12 months was 426.7 per 1,000 residents and was 33.1% higher than the City average (320.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 32 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 39 (≈ 173.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -32.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 19.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Blackstock Road (S14 1LA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 55 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Spotswood Drive (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Blackstock Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (13/13)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Newfield Farm Close Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Plowright Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Spotswood Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bankwood Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Bankwood Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Spotswood Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Spotswood Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gleadless Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Spotswood Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Spotswood Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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