Total Crime Rate
145.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
73.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Herries Road area has the 44th highest crime rate of 125 local areas in Burngreave , and the 404th 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 Herries Road (S5 7AR) in the last 12 months was 145.4 per 1,000 residents and was 20.8% 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 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -16.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 33 (≈ 73.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 13.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -93.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Herries Road (S5 7AR), the main crime hotspot is near Smilter Lane. Police recorded 295 crimes here, including 189 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 | Smilter Lane | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Smilter Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Goddard Hall Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Goddard Hall Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Smilter Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Smilter Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Smilter Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Skinnerthorpe Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Skinnerthorpe Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Skinnerthorpe Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Skinnerthorpe Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Skinnerthorpe Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Skinnerthorpe Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Skinnerthorpe Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Smilter Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Osgathorpe Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Skinnerthorpe Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Coningsby Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Smilter Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Osgathorpe Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Blyde Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Smilter Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Smilter Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Smilter Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Smilter Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Smilter Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Smilter Lane | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Smilter Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Osgathorpe Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Birchlands Drive | Under investigation |
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