Total Crime Rate
126.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
42.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Thoresby Road area has the 11th highest crime rate of 96 local areas in Crookes and Crosspool , and the 477th highest crime rate of 1,697 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 Thoresby Road (S6 2PH) in the last 12 months was 126.2 per 1,000 residents and was 181.4% higher than the Crookes and Crosspool average (44.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 42.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 28.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -35.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Thoresby Road (S6 2PH), the main crime hotspot is near Hillsborough Road. Police recorded 147 crimes here, including 48 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Sheffield| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hillsborough Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hillsborough Interchange | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Hillsborough Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hillsborough Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hawksley Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hillsborough Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hillsborough Interchange | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | River Terrace | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hillsborough Interchange | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | River Terrace | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | River Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | River Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | River Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hawksley Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hawksley Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hawksley Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Hillsborough Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Taplin Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hawksley Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Carnaby Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Roselle Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thoresby Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clarence Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hillsborough Interchange | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Forbes Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hillsborough Place | Under investigation |
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