Crime Rates at Adlington Road, Sheffield, S5 8BS

Adlington Road area has the 32nd highest crime rate of 102 local areas in Firth Park , and the 269th highest crime rate of 1,697 local areas in Sheffield .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Adlington Road (S5 8BS) in the last 12 months was 192.5 per 1,000 residents and was 57.6% higher than the Firth Park average (122.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -20.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 104.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -19.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -59.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Adlington Road (S5 8BS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Buchanan Crescent, where police recorded 61 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Buchanan Drive (28 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.