Total Crime Rate
51.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
29.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Piper Road area has the 19th lowest crime rate of 125 local areas in Burngreave , and the 654th lowest crime rate of 1,697 local areas in Sheffield .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Piper Road (S5 7HY) in the last 12 months was 51.1 per 1,000 residents and was 72.2% 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 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 29.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 10.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -62.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Piper Road (S5 7HY), the main crime hotspot is near Norwood Grange Drive. Police recorded 115 crimes here, including 93 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 | Vehicle crime | St Leonards Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Longley Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Longley Farm View | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Burrows Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Longley Farm View | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Longley Farm View | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Piper Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Longley Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Longley Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Longley Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Longley Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Norwood Grange Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Leonards Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Longley Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Longley Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Norwood Grange Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Norwood Grange Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Norwood Grange Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Norwood Grange Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Norwood Grange Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Longley Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Norwood Grange Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Edensor Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Norwood Grange Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Aldfield Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | St Leonards Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Piper Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | St Leonards Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | St Leonards Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Bishopsholme Road | Under investigation |
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