Total Crime Rate
135.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
83.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Halifax Road 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 Halifax Road (S6 1AB) 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 Halifax Road (S6 1AB), the main crime hotspot is near Halifax Road. Police recorded 62 crimes here, including 41 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Sheffield| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wilcox Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Owen Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cowper Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mansel Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Deerlands Mount | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chaucer Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chaucer Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Wilcox Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Halifax Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Halifax Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Halifax Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Halifax Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Cowper Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Wilcox Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Wilcox Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Wilcox Close | Under investigation |
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