Crime Rates at Norwood Road, Sheffield, S5 7BE

Norwood Road area has the 58th highest crime rate of 125 local areas in Burngreave , and the 521st highest crime rate of 1,697 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 Norwood Road (S5 7BE) in the last 12 months was 118.0 per 1,000 residents and was 35.7% 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -15.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 50.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -46.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Norwood Road (S5 7BE), 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.