Crime Rates at Richards Road, Sheffield, S2 3DW

Richards Road area has the 33rd highest crime rate of 121 local areas in City , and the 231st 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 Richards Road (S2 3DW) in the last 12 months was 212.7 per 1,000 residents and was 33.6% lower 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 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 85.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -39.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Richards Road (S2 3DW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 74 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Heeley Green (22 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.