Total Crime Rate
84.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
63.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Sycamore Road area has the 11th highest crime rate of 27 local areas in Stocksbridge and Upper Don , and the 718th highest crime rate of 1,697 local areas in Sheffield .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Sycamore Road (S36 1FS) in the last 12 months was 84.5 per 1,000 residents and was 20.7% higher than the Stocksbridge and Upper Don average (70.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 63.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -57.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Sycamore Road (S36 1FS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Cedar Close, where police recorded 25 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Lilac Avenue (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Sheffield| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Lilac Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Laburnum Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lilac Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lilac Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cedar Close | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Cedar Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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