Total Crime Rate

94.6 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 94.6 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 35.8 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 17.9 7/10
  • Public order 10.2 7/10
  • Other theft 7.7 7/10
  • Drugs 5.1 6/10
  • Other crime 5.1 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.1 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.6 2/10
  • Burglary 2.6 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.6 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Alderson Road area has the 46th lowest crime rate of 121 local areas in City , and the 653rd 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 Alderson Road (S2 4UB) in the last 12 months was 94.6 per 1,000 residents and was 70.5% 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 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 46.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 157.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -36.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Alderson Road (S2 4UB), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Alderson Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Atkin Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour London Road
Sep 2025Drugs Atkin Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Fieldhead Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Hill Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Hill Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Denby Street
Sep 2025Vehicle crime London Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Bramall Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bramall Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Guernsey Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Guernsey Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Woodhead Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Sitwell Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Sitwell Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery London Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences London Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sitwell Place
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Highfield Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Arley Street
Sep 2025Other theft Unstone Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Barnabas Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Barnabas Lane
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Unstone Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Glover Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Fieldhead Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Witney Street Local resolution

Data Sources

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