Crime Rates at Piper Road, Sheffield, S5 7HZ

Piper 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 7HZ) 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 7HZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Longley Drive, where police recorded 24 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bishopsholme Road (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.