Total Crime Rate
109.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
46.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Atherton Road area has the 8th lowest crime rate of 19 local areas in Park and Arbourthorne , and the 563rd highest crime rate of 1,697 local areas in Sheffield .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Atherton Road (S2 2ER) in the last 12 months was 109.6 per 1,000 residents and was 4.1% higher than the Park and Arbourthorne average (105.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 46.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -74.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Atherton Road (S2 2ER), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 106 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Grassmoor Close (37 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 | Grassmoor Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Grassmoor Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Atherton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dagnam Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dagnam Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Dagnam Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Grassmoor Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Grassmoor Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hurlfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Algar Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Algar Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Cawdor Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Atherton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dagnam Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dagnam Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Atherton Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Aylward Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Edenhall Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Edenhall Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Edenhall Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grassmoor Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grassmoor Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Atherton Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bazley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grassmoor Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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