Total Crime Rate
70.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
45.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Ellesmere Road area has the 28th lowest crime rate of 125 local areas in Burngreave , and the 833rd highest 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 Ellesmere Road (S4 7JD) in the last 12 months was 70.7 per 1,000 residents and was 61.5% 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 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 45.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 29.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -54.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ellesmere Road (S4 7JD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 478 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hallcar Street (51 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Sheffield| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Hallcar Street | 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 | Other crime | Hallcar Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hallcar Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hallcar Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hallcar Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Hallcar Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hallcar Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Hallcar Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Hallcar Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hallcar Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hallcar Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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