Total Crime Rate

101.9 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 101.9 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 69.7 9/10
  • Public order 24.1 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 2.7 1/10
  • Other crime 2.7 2/10
  • Other theft 2.7 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Northwood Drive area has the 7th highest crime rate of 53 local areas in Stannington , and the 599th 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 Northwood Drive (S6 1RY) in the last 12 months was 101.9 per 1,000 residents and was 79.1% higher than the Stannington average (56.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 73.3% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 35 (≈ 93.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 59.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( 1.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Northwood Drive (S6 1RY), the main crime hotspot is near Forest Close. Police recorded 35 crimes here, including 32 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Northwood Drive area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (1/1)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Northwood Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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