Total Crime Rate
157.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025London Road area has the 45th highest crime rate of 121 local areas in City , and the 361st highest crime rate of 1,705 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 London Road (S2 4NF) in the last 12 months was 157.0 per 1,000 residents and was 51.0% 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 41 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 125.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 58 (≈ 76.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 7.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -39.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around London Road (S2 4NF), the main crime hotspot is near London Road. Police recorded 53 crimes here, including 21 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 | Drugs | Wolseley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Witney Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Fieldhead Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Grosvenor Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Grosvenor Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Grosvenor Square | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Witney Street | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Fieldhead Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | London Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St Barnabas Lane | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Glover Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Highfield Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | London Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bennett Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | London Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Farrar Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Fieldhead Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Harwell Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Preston Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Atkin Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Sitwell Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Sitwell Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Sitwell Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Preston Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wolseley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Preston Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Atkin Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Barnabas Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Atkin Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodhead Road | Under investigation |
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