Crime Rates at Leighton Road, Sheffield, S14 1SR

Leighton Road area has the 17th highest crime rate of 45 local areas in Gleadless Valley , and the 583rd highest crime rate of 1,705 local areas in Sheffield .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Leighton Road (S14 1SR) in the last 12 months was 105.7 per 1,000 residents and was 29.6% lower than the Gleadless Valley average (150.3 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 Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 125.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -35.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 45.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -21.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -53.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Leighton Road (S14 1SR), the main crime hotspot is near Morland Road. Police recorded 62 crimes here, including 28 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.