Total Crime Rate
302.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Holgate Crescent area has the 10th highest crime rate of 105 local areas in Firth Park , and the 129th highest crime rate of 1,705 local areas in Sheffield .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Holgate Crescent (S5 9LD) in the last 12 months was 302.4 per 1,000 residents and was 154.6% 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 38 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 43 (≈ 147.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 13.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 51.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Holgate Crescent (S5 9LD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Colley Close, where police recorded 33 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Wheata Place (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Firth Park| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Colley Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Colley Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Colley Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Colley Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Colley Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Holgate Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Colley Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Colley Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Colley Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Colley Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Colley Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Colley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Colley Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Turie Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Deerlands Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Deerlands Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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