Total Crime Rate
42.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
31.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hawksworth Road area has the 43rd highest crime rate of 96 local areas in Crookes and Crosspool , and the 553rd lowest crime rate of 1,697 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 Hawksworth Road (S6 2WF) in the last 12 months was 42.6 per 1,000 residents and was 5.1% lower 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 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 31.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -77.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hawksworth Road (S6 2WF), the main crime hotspot is near King James Street. Police recorded 30 crimes here, including 17 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Burgoyne Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Langsett Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | King James Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Burnaby Green | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Burnaby Green | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Burnaby Green | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Langsett Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Langsett Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Creswick Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grammar Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Creswick Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | King James Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Langsett Rise | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Whitehouse Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Whitehouse Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitehouse Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitehouse Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ash Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Primrose Hill | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Primrose Hill | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | King James Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Creswick Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Primrose Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Birkendale Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Birkendale Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Birkendale Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Birkendale Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Birkendale Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Boyce Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cundy Street | Under investigation |
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