Total Crime Rate
38.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
24.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Tideswell Road area has the 12th lowest crime rate of 125 local areas in Burngreave , and the 500th lowest 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 Tideswell Road (S5 6QR) in the last 12 months was 38.3 per 1,000 residents and was 79.2% 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 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 24.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -30.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -86.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Tideswell Road (S5 6QR), the main crime hotspot is near Etwall Way. Police recorded 70 crimes here, including 43 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Sheffield| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Horninglow Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tideswell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Horninglow Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ribble Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Merlin Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Merlin Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Merlin Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Merlin Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tidewell Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Oswestry Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Etwall Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Horninglow Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Etwall Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Etwall Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Etwall Way | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Horninglow Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Horninglow Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tideswell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Etwall Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Etwall Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Etwall Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Calder Way | — |
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