Total Crime Rate
218.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
67.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Milnrow Road area has the 21st highest crime rate of 102 local areas in Firth Park , and the 217th highest crime rate of 1,697 local areas in Sheffield .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Milnrow Road (S5 9LU) in the last 12 months was 218.3 per 1,000 residents and was 78.7% higher 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 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 67.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 6.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 102.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Milnrow Road (S5 9LU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Buchanan Crescent, where police recorded 61 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Buchanan Drive (28 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Sheffield| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Margetson Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Petrol Station | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Buchanan Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Margetson Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Margetson Crescent | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Remington Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Remington Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wordsworth Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Knutton Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Deerlands Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Deerlands Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Deerlands Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Deerlands Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Dugdale Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fulmere Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Knutton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Remington Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Milnrow Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Milnrow Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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