Total Crime Rate

108.3 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 108.3 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 66.7 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 11.1 6/10
  • Burglary 5.6 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.6 4/10
  • Other theft 5.6 5/10
  • Public order 5.6 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.6 5/10
  • Other crime 2.8 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Holgate Avenue area has the 51st highest crime rate of 105 local areas in Firth Park , and the 568th 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 Holgate Avenue (S5 9LL) in the last 12 months was 108.3 per 1,000 residents and was 8.8% 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 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 72.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -21.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -35.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Holgate Avenue (S5 9LL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Milnrow Road, where police recorded 37 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Holgate Avenue (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Holgate Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Turie Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Margetson Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Holgate Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Margetson Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Milnrow Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Milnrow Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Milnrow Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Deerlands Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Deerlands Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Milnrow Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Holgate Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Holgate Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Milnrow Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Milnrow Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Yarlside Close Under investigation

Data Sources

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