Total Crime Rate
623.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
247.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Southey Green Road area has the highest crime rate of 102 local areas in Firth Park , and the 27th highest crime rate of 1,697 local areas in Sheffield .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Southey Green Road (S5 7QA) in the last 12 months was 623.8 per 1,000 residents and was 410.7% higher than the Firth Park average (122.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 56 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 75 (≈ 247.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 64.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Southey Green Road (S5 7QA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 101 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.
View Crime In Sheffield| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Southey Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Southey Place | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Southey Place | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Southey Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Southey Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Southey Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Southey Green Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Southey Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Southey Green Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Southey Green Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Southey Green Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kyle Crescent | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Kyle Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Kyle Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kyle Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Southey Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Southey Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Hilltop Green | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Southey Green Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Southey Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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