Total Crime Rate
139.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
60.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Bolsover Road area has the 48th highest crime rate of 125 local areas in Burngreave , and the 423rd highest crime rate of 1,697 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 Bolsover Road (S5 6US) in the last 12 months was 139.5 per 1,000 residents and was 24.0% 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 Other crime with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 60.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 52.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -34.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bolsover Road (S5 6US), the main crime hotspot is near Bolsover Road East. Police recorded 122 crimes here, including 48 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 | Criminal damage and arson | Lindley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bolsover Road East | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Hucklow Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Bolsover Road East | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Bolsover Road East | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vickers Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bolsover Road East | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bolsover Road East | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Lindley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Lindley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Fir Vale Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Bolsover Road East | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cammell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Selby Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Selby Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Selby Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Calder Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bolsover Road East | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bolsover Road East | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Bolsover Road East | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Horndean Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Bolsover Road East | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Further/Higher Educational Building | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Horndean Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bolsover Road East | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bolsover Road East | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bolsover Road East | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bolsover Road East | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Bolsover Road East | Awaiting court outcome |
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