Total Crime Rate

68.6 per 1,000 6/10 · Typical

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 68.6 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 33.1 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 9.5 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.1 5/10
  • Burglary 4.7 5/10
  • Other theft 4.7 5/10
  • Public order 4.7 4/10
  • Drugs 2.4 1/10
  • Other crime 2.4 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 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
  • Vehicle crime 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

Holtwood 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.

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Crime Over Time in Holtwood Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shirecliffe Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Passhouses Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Burngrove Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Robbery Firshill Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Firshill Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Passhouses Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Passhouses Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Passhouses Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Roe Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Roe Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Passhouses Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Holtwood Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Coupe Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Burngreave Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Roe Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brotherton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Burngrove Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Burngrove Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Burngrove Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Burngrove Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Roe Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Holtwood Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Burngrove Place Local resolution
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Firshill Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Minna Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shirecliffe Close Under investigation

Data Sources

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