Total Crime Rate

95.5 per 1,000 7/10 · High

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 95.5 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 28.8 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 16.2 7/10
  • Other theft 14.4 9/10
  • Public order 12.6 8/10
  • Burglary 10.8 9/10
  • Other crime 7.2 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.6 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 1.8 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Margate Drive area has the 50th lowest crime rate of 125 local areas in Burngreave , and the 645th highest crime rate of 1,705 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 Margate Drive (S4 8FH) in the last 12 months was 95.5 per 1,000 residents and was 46.6% 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 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , down -83.3% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -83.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 41.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -43.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -41.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Margate Drive (S4 8FH), the main crime hotspot is near Further/Higher Educational Building. Police recorded 45 crimes here, including 31 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Margate Drive area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (16/16)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Margate Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Further/Higher Educational Building —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Whiteways Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Margate Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Grimesthorpe Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grimesthorpe Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Heathcote Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Heathcote Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Margate Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Heathcote Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Earl Marshal Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Whiteways Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Margate Street —
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Data Sources

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