Crime Rates at Richards Road, Sheffield, S2 3DX

Richards Road area has the 35th highest crime rate of 120 local areas in City , and the 254th 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 Richards Road (S2 3DX) in the last 12 months was 200.0 per 1,000 residents and was 36.4% lower than the City average (314.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 92.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 31.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -53.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Richards Road (S2 3DX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 29 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Madehurst View (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.