Total Crime Rate
15.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
7.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Marlcliffe Road area has the 11th lowest crime rate of 63 local areas in Hillsborough , and the 161st 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 Marlcliffe Road (S6 4AF) in the last 12 months was 15.4 per 1,000 residents and was 85.0% lower than the Hillsborough average (102.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 7.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -58.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Marlcliffe Road (S6 4AF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Dunella Road, where police recorded 20 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Collin Avenue (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 | Anti-social behaviour | Wadsley Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Don Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Collin Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Collin Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Marlcliffe Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Marlcliffe Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wadsley Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Collin Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wadsley Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Dunella Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Rockley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dial House Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Dial House Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Harris Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Braemore Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Braemore Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Braemore Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Dial House Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Carlton Road | — |
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