Total Crime Rate

123.5 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 123.5 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 51.8 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 19.9 9/10
  • Public order 19.9 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 12.0 6/10
  • Other theft 8.0 7/10
  • Drugs 4.0 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.0 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.0 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Penrith Road area has the 46th highest crime rate of 105 local areas in Firth Park , and the 496th 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 Penrith Road (S5 8UG) in the last 12 months was 123.5 per 1,000 residents and was 4.0% 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Anti-social behaviour ( -76.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 75.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -54.8% ).

In the area around Penrith Road (S5 8UG), the main crime hotspot is near Scraith Wood Drive. Police recorded 102 crimes here, including 49 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Penrith Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (25/25)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Donovan Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Penrith Close Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Scraith Wood Drive —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Scraith Wood Drive —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Scraith Wood Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Scraith Wood Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Scraith Wood Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Scraith Wood Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Teynham Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Teynham Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Teynham Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Adkins Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Penrith Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Teynham Drive —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Adkins Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Teynham Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Donovan Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Donovan Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Morgan Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Morgan Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Donovan Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Donovan Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Donovan Close —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Pollard Crescent —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pollard Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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