Total Crime Rate

119.0 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

38.0 per 1,000 7/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 119.0 8/10
  • Violent crimes 38.0 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 27.9 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 27.9 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 17.7 4/10
  • Public order 15.2 9/10
  • Burglary 7.6 7/10
  • Drugs 7.6 7/10
  • Other crime 5.1 7/10
  • Other theft 2.5 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.5 2/10
  • Robbery 2.5 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.5 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Birkendale Road area has the 62nd highest crime rate of 207 local areas in Broomhill and Sharrow Vale , and the 519th 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 Birkendale Road (S6 3NL) in the last 12 months was 119.0 per 1,000 residents and was 18.1% higher than the Broomhill and Sharrow Vale average (100.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 38.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -28.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -40.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Birkendale Road (S6 3NL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Albion Street, where police recorded 45 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Oxford Street (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Birkendale Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Crookesmoor Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Crookesmoor Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Oxford Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Oxford Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Oxford Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Oxford Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Oxford Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Oxford Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Tay Street
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Addy Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Crookesmoor Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Oxford Street
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Crookesmoor Drive
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Wellfield Road
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Wellfield Close
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Alpine Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Alpine Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Burglary Alpine Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Addy Drive
Apr 2026Public order Sydney Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Oxford Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Oxford Street
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Sydney Road
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Albion Street
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Addy Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Albion Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Albion Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Albion Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Albion Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Albion Street

Data Sources

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