Crime Rates at Southey Avenue, Sheffield, S5 7NJ

Southey Avenue area has the 25th highest crime rate of 125 local areas in Burngreave , and the 191st 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 Southey Avenue (S5 7NJ) in the last 12 months was 232.4 per 1,000 residents and was 26.6% higher 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 Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 36 (≈ 126.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -68.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Southey Avenue (S5 7NJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 86 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Southey Place (31 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.