Total Crime Rate
213.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Fox Hill Crescent area has the 21st highest crime rate of 105 local areas in Firth Park , and the 228th highest crime rate of 1,705 local areas in Sheffield .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Fox Hill Crescent (S6 1FU) in the last 12 months was 213.8 per 1,000 residents and was 80.0% higher 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 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 125.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 366.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Fox Hill Crescent (S6 1FU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Midhurst Road, where police recorded 40 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Fox Hill Road (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Firth Park| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Camborne Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Midhurst Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Aysgarth Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Aysgarth Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Baxter Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fox Hill Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fox Hill Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fox Hill Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Baxter Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fox Hill Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Fox Hill Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Camborne Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Camborne Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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