Total Crime Rate

104.7 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 104.7 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 23.3 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 20.9 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 18.6 7/10
  • Drugs 9.3 8/10
  • Public order 9.3 7/10
  • Other theft 7.0 6/10
  • Burglary 4.7 5/10
  • Other crime 4.7 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.7 4/10
  • Robbery 2.3 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 · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Barnsley Road area has the 59th lowest crime rate of 125 local areas in Burngreave , and the 591st highest crime rate of 1,705 local areas in Sheffield .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Barnsley Road (S5 6UB) in the last 12 months was 104.7 per 1,000 residents and was 41.5% 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 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 34.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( -1.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Barnsley Road (S5 6UB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Mortlake Road, where police recorded 45 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Fir Vale Way (22 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Barnsley Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Lindley Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ellerton Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fir Vale Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Fir Vale Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Idsworth Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Vickers Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bolsover Road —
Sep 2025Other theft Bolsover Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bolsover Road —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Granby Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lindley Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mortlake Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Mortlake Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Mortlake Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lindley Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fir Vale Way Under investigation

Data Sources

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