Total Crime Rate

84.7 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

45.1 per 1,000 7/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 84.7 7/10
  • Violent crimes 45.1 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 34.2 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.8 6/10
  • Other theft 9.0 7/10
  • Public order 9.0 7/10
  • Burglary 7.2 7/10
  • Other crime 7.2 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 1.8 1/10
  • Drugs 1.8 1/10
  • Robbery 1.8 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 1.8 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Grimesthorpe Road area has the 42nd lowest crime rate of 125 local areas in Burngreave , and the 715th highest crime rate of 1,697 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 Grimesthorpe Road (S4 8LE) in the last 12 months was 84.7 per 1,000 residents and was 53.9% 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 Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 45.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -55.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Grimesthorpe Road (S4 8LE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Carwood Grove, where police recorded 30 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Margate Drive (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Grimesthorpe Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Canada Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Fieldhouse Way
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Margate Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Margate Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Whiteways Close
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Whiteways Close
Apr 2026Drugs Whiteways Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Whiteways Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Canada Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Whiteways Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Carwood Grove
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Margate Drive
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Carwood Grove
Apr 2026Public order Carwood Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Carwood Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Carwood Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Carwood Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Carwood Close
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Carwood Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Canada Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Canada Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Margate Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Whiteways Close Under investigation

Data Sources

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