Total Crime Rate
221.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Olive Grove Road area has the 30th highest crime rate of 121 local areas in City , and the 212th 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 Olive Grove Road (S2 3GD) in the last 12 months was 221.7 per 1,000 residents and was 30.8% lower than the City average (320.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 41 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 48.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -34.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -29.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Olive Grove Road (S2 3GD), the main crime hotspot is near St Elizabeth Close. Police recorded 55 crimes here, including 32 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In City| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Midhill Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Madehurst View | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Madehurst View | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | St Elizabeth Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Elizabeth Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Elizabeth Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Elizabeth Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Elizabeth Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Spurr Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Silver Mill Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Silver Mill Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Silver Mill Road | Awaiting court outcome |
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