Crime Rates at Norwood Drive, Sheffield, S5 7BH

Norwood Drive 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 Drive (S5 7BH) 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 Drive (S5 7BH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Firshill Rise, where police recorded 32 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Firshill Road (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.