Total Crime Rate

161.4 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 161.4 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 53.8 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 38.0 9/10
  • Other crime 19.0 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.7 8/10
  • Public order 12.7 8/10
  • Burglary 9.5 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 6.3 8/10
  • Drugs 6.3 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.2 4/10
  • 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

Pollard Crescent area has the 36th highest crime rate of 105 local areas in Firth Park , and the 348th highest crime rate of 1,705 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 Pollard Crescent (S5 8QD) in the last 12 months was 161.4 per 1,000 residents and was 35.9% higher 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 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 500.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( 70.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 69.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -27.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Pollard Crescent (S5 8QD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Donovan Road, where police recorded 41 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Dryden Way (23 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Pollard Crescent area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Donovan Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pollard Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Donovan Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dryden Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wordsworth Drive —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Halliwell Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Halliwell Crescent —
Sep 2025Public order Adkins Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Wordsworth Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Galsworthy Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wordsworth Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kyle Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Sports/Recreation Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pollard Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wordsworth Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Donovan Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Adkins Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kyle Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Pollard Crescent —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pollard Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Hilltop Green Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Kyle Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Kyle Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Donovan Close —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Donovan Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Donovan Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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