Total Crime Rate

60.9 per 1,000 6/10 · Typical

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 60.9 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 18.9 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.4 5/10
  • Drugs 6.3 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 6.3 8/10
  • Public order 6.3 5/10
  • Robbery 4.2 6/10
  • Burglary 2.1 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.1 1/10
  • Other crime 2.1 1/10
  • Other theft 2.1 1/10
  • Theft from the person 2.1 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Firshill Road area has the 25th lowest crime rate of 125 local areas in Burngreave , and the 745th lowest crime rate of 1,705 local areas in Sheffield .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Firshill Road (S4 7BB) in the last 12 months was 60.9 per 1,000 residents and was 66.0% 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 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -85.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 35.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -29.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Firshill Road (S4 7BB), the main crime hotspot is near Firshill Close. Police recorded 39 crimes here, including 22 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Firshill Road area

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

Data Sources

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