Total Crime Rate
32.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Lyminster Road area has the 11th lowest crime rate of 105 local areas in Firth Park , and the 417th 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 Lyminster Road (S6 1JA) in the last 12 months was 32.4 per 1,000 residents and was 72.7% lower than the Firth Park average (118.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Burglary with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violence and sexual offences with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 4.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -75.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lyminster Road (S6 1JA), the main crime hotspot is near Halifax Road. Police recorded 66 crimes here, including 38 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 | Halifax Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Browning Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Halifax Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Halifax Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Browning Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Browning Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Browning Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Browning Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Wolfe Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Bignor Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Browning Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Alney Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Halifax Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Lyminster Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Farnley Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Wilcox Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Halifax Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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