Total Crime Rate
11.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Cowper Crescent area has the lowest crime rate of 105 local areas in Firth Park , and the 89th lowest crime rate of 1,705 local areas in Sheffield .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Cowper Crescent (S6 1AX) in the last 12 months was 11.4 per 1,000 residents and was 90.4% 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 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -81.8% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 7.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -84.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -58.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cowper Crescent (S6 1AX), the main crime hotspot is near Halifax Road. Police recorded 53 crimes here, including 34 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Firth Park| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wilcox Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Wilcox Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Wilcox Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Owen Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Owen Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Owen Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Halifax Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Halifax Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Halifax Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Halifax Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Owen Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Wilcox Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Keats Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Keats Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Keats Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wilcox Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Carrill Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cowper Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Carrill Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cowper Crescent | Under investigation |
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