Total Crime Rate
87.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
56.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Binsted Road area has the 44th lowest crime rate of 102 local areas in Firth Park , and the 691st 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 Binsted Road (S5 8PB) in the last 12 months was 87.5 per 1,000 residents and was 28.4% lower 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 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 56.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -49.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Binsted Road (S5 8PB), the main crime hotspot is near Cookson Close. Police recorded 64 crimes here, including 35 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Sheffield| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cookson Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Halliwell Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lamb Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lamb Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cookson Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Sports/Recreation Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Halliwell Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cookson Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lamb Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cookson Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Cookson Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cookson Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Cookson Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cookson Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cookson Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cookson Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cookson Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lamb Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Binsted Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Lamb Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Oxspring Bank | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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