Total Crime Rate
165.1 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Scott Road area has the 39th highest crime rate of 125 local areas in Burngreave , and the 339th highest crime rate of 1,705 local areas in Sheffield .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Scott Road (S4 7BG) in the last 12 months was 165.1 per 1,000 residents and was 7.8% lower than the Burngreave average (179.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 36 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Criminal damage and arson ( -83.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 40 (β 124.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -18.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -13.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Scott Road (S4 7BG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Osgathorpe Crescent, where police recorded 36 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near College Close (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Burngreave| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Osgathorpe Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Blayton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Pexton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pexton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pexton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Pexton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Osgathorpe Crescent | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Osgathorpe Crescent | β |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Malton Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Blayton Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Blayton Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Blayton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Devon Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Devon Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Stair Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Blayton Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Blayton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Blayton 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Passhouses Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Passhouses Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Ellesmere Road North | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ellesmere Road North | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Ellesmere Road North | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Kirton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | College Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | College Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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