Total Crime Rate
257.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
163.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Birley Rise Road area has the 15th highest crime rate of 102 local areas in Firth Park , and the 156th highest crime rate of 1,697 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 Birley Rise Road (S6 1HR) in the last 12 months was 257.9 per 1,000 residents and was 111.1% 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 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 163.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 23.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 270.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Birley Rise Road (S6 1HR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Midhurst Road, where police recorded 34 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Camborne Close (22 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Sheffield| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Midhurst Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Birley Rise Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Fox Hill Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Camborne Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Camborne Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Midhurst Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Midhurst Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Midhurst Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Midhurst Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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