Total Crime Rate
122.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
63.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Rowland Road area has the 57th lowest crime rate of 120 local areas in City , and the 497th highest crime rate of 1,697 local areas in Sheffield .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Rowland Road (S2 4UH) in the last 12 months was 122.8 per 1,000 residents and was 61.0% 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 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 63.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 13.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -62.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Rowland Road (S2 4UH), the main crime hotspot is near London Road. Police recorded 69 crimes here, including 28 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Sheffield| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Bramall Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sitwell Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Highfield Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Atkin Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Barnabas Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Barnabas Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Lancing Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Guernsey Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Sitwell Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Grosvenor Square | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sitwell Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Sports/Recreation Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mount Pleasant Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alderson Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodhead Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Highfield Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Grosvenor Square | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Woodhead Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cherry Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Horner Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Horner Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Baron Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Grosvenor Square | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Unstone Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | St Wilfrid'S Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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