Total Crime Rate
68.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Holtwood Road area has the 31st lowest crime rate of 125 local areas in Burngreave , and the 841st lowest 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 Holtwood Road (S4 7BA) in the last 12 months was 68.6 per 1,000 residents and was 61.7% lower than the Burngreave average (179.0 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 Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 37.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -15.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -53.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Holtwood Road (S4 7BA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shirley Road, where police recorded 43 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Burngreave Road (30 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Burngreave| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shirecliffe Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Passhouses Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Burngrove Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Firshill Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Firshill Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Passhouses Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Passhouses Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Passhouses Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Roe Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Roe Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Passhouses Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Holtwood Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Coupe Road | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Burngreave Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Roe Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brotherton Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Burngrove Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Burngrove Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Burngrove Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Burngrove Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Roe Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Holtwood Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Burngrove Place | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Firshill Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Minna Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shirecliffe Close | Under investigation |
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