Total Crime Rate

118.3 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 118.3 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 41.1 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 20.6 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 15.4 8/10
  • Burglary 10.3 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.3 8/10
  • Public order 7.7 6/10
  • Other theft 5.1 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.1 8/10
  • Drugs 2.6 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Limestone Cottage Lane area has the 14th highest crime rate of 63 local areas in Hillsborough , and the 519th highest crime rate of 1,705 local areas in Sheffield .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Limestone Cottage Lane (S6 1NJ) in the last 12 months was 118.3 per 1,000 residents and was 15.7% higher than the Hillsborough average (102.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 54.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 31.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 118.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

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Crime Over Time in Limestone Cottage Lane area

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Data Sources

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