Total Crime Rate

61.5 per 1,000 6/10 · Typical

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 61.5 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 30.8 7/10
  • Public order 12.3 8/10
  • Other crime 6.2 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.1 1/10
  • Burglary 3.1 2/10
  • Drugs 3.1 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.1 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Palgrave Road area has the 25th lowest crime rate of 105 local areas in Firth Park , and the 754th lowest crime rate of 1,705 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 Palgrave Road (S5 8GR) in the last 12 months was 61.5 per 1,000 residents and was 48.2% lower than the Firth Park average (118.8 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 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 46.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -34.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -63.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Palgrave Road (S5 8GR), the main crime hotspot is near Cookson Close. Police recorded 50 crimes here, including 27 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Palgrave Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Wordsworth Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pollard Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cookson Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cookson Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cookson Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cookson Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wordsworth Drive —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pollard Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Sports/Recreation Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Palgrave Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cookson Close —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Sep 2025Other crime Meynell Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Halliwell Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wordsworth Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Halliwell Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wordsworth Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Binsted Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Halliwell Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Halliwell Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Halliwell Crescent —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Palgrave Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Palgrave Crescent Under investigation

Data Sources

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