Crime Rates at Chaucer Close, Sheffield, S5 9QD

Chaucer Close area has the 46th highest crime rate of 102 local areas in Firth Park , and the 440th 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 Chaucer Close (S5 9QD) in the last 12 months was 135.4 per 1,000 residents and was 10.8% 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 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 83.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -47.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Chaucer Close (S5 9QD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 124 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Halifax Road (41 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.