Total Crime Rate
38.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
13.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Shenstone Road area has the 27th lowest crime rate of 63 local areas in Hillsborough , and the 497th lowest crime rate of 1,697 local areas in Sheffield .
Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Shenstone Road (S6 1SQ) in the last 12 months was 38.1 per 1,000 residents and was 63.0% lower than the Hillsborough average (102.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Burglary with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 13.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -80.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Shenstone Road (S6 1SQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 48 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Sports/Recreation Area (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Sheffield| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Leppings Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Penistone Road North | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Penistone Road North | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Penistone Road North | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Penistone Road North | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sports/Recreation Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Niagara Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Farndale Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Eskdale Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Rockley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Willis Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Willis Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Willis Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Willis Road | — |
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