Total Crime Rate

159.9 per 1,000 9/10 · Very 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 159.9 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 62.7 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 40.8 9/10
  • Burglary 12.5 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 9.4 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.3 5/10
  • Other crime 6.3 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.3 6/10
  • Drugs 3.1 3/10
  • Other theft 3.1 2/10
  • Public order 3.1 2/10
  • Robbery 3.1 4/10
  • Shoplifting 3.1 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 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

Perkyn Road area has the 6th highest crime rate of 16 local areas in Shiregreen and Brightside , and the 353rd highest crime rate of 1,705 local areas in Sheffield .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Perkyn Road (S5 0AP) in the last 12 months was 159.9 per 1,000 residents and was 80.3% higher than the Shiregreen and Brightside average (88.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 116.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -69.2% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 78.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -3.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -62.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Perkyn Road (S5 0AP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Dunninc Road, where police recorded 30 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Gatty Road (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Perkyn Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dunninc Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gatty Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Dunninc Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hartley Brook Road
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hartley Brook Road
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hartley Brook Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Perkyn Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Perkyn Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Perkyn Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hartley Brook Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Hartley Brook Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hartley Brook Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gatty Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Dunninc Road
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Dickinson Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Shirehall Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dunninc Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Godric Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Godric Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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