Crime Rates at Dryden Road, Sheffield, S5 8HJ

Dryden Road area has the 44th lowest crime rate of 105 local areas in Firth Park , and the 739th highest crime rate of 1,705 local areas in Sheffield .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Dryden Road (S5 8HJ) in the last 12 months was 82.9 per 1,000 residents and was 30.2% 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -40.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 42.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -33.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Dryden Road (S5 8HJ), the main crime hotspot is near Dryden Way. Police recorded 39 crimes here, including 23 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.