Total Crime Rate
46.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
24.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Earldom Drive area has the 17th lowest crime rate of 125 local areas in Burngreave , and the 609th lowest crime rate of 1,697 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 Earldom Drive (S4 7GB) in the last 12 months was 46.6 per 1,000 residents and was 74.6% 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 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -43.8% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 24.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -42.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -61.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Earldom Drive (S4 7GB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Buckenham Drive, where police recorded 30 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bressingham Road (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Sheffield| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Earldom Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Maxwell Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Clun Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Clun Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Sutherland Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Sutherland Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sutherland Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sutherland Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grimesthorpe Road South | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grimesthorpe Road South | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Grimesthorpe Road South | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Grimesthorpe Road South | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Lyons Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Earldom Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bressingham Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bressingham Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Earldom Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ella Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Ella Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Ellesmere Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kirk Street | — |
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