Total Crime Rate
95.5 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Margate 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 8FQ) 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 areaβs 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 (β 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 8FQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Margate Drive, where police recorded 35 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Page Hall Road (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Burngreave| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Earl Marshal Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Page Hall Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Margate Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Margate Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Whiteways Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Rushby Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Rushby Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Grimesthorpe Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Grimesthorpe Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Whiteways Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Page Hall Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Page Hall Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Rushby Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Margate Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Margate Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Heathcote Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Heathcote Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Heathcote Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Rushby Street | β |
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