Total Crime Rate
86.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
58.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Firshill Road area has the 44th lowest crime rate of 125 local areas in Burngreave , and the 700th 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 Firshill Road (S4 7BB) in the last 12 months was 86.1 per 1,000 residents and was 53.1% lower than the Burngreave average (183.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 28 (≈ 58.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -54.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Firshill Road (S4 7BB), the main crime hotspot is near Roe Lane. Police recorded 44 crimes here, including 24 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Holtwood Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Holtwood Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Holtwood Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Firshill Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Firshill Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Firshill Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Roe Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Roe Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Roe Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Roe Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Firshill Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Firshill Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Firshill Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Firshill Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Firshill Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Crabtree Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Firshill Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Passhouses Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Passhouses Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Passhouses Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Firshill Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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