Total Crime Rate

550.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 550.0 10/10
  • Shoplifting 140.6 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 128.1 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 84.4 10/10
  • Public order 46.9 10/10
  • Other theft 34.4 10/10
  • Drugs 25.0 10/10
  • Theft from the person 25.0 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 18.8 9/10
  • Burglary 15.6 10/10
  • Other crime 9.4 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 9.4 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.3 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.1 4/10
  • Robbery 3.1 4/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Middlewood Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 63 local areas in Hillsborough , and the 40th highest crime rate of 1,705 local areas in Sheffield .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Middlewood Road (S6 4GW) in the last 12 months was 550.0 per 1,000 residents and was 438.2% higher than the Hillsborough average (102.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 45 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 60 (≈ 187.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -9.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 58.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Middlewood Road (S6 4GW), the main crime hotspot is near Hillsborough Road. Police recorded 149 crimes here, including 51 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Middlewood Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/42)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Hillsborough Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Brier Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Hillsborough Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Hillsborough Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Hillsborough Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Hawksley Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Hawksley Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Brier Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Brier Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Brier Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Brier Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hawksley Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Hillsborough Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Limbrick Close —
Sep 2025Other theft Limbrick Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Limbrick Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hillsborough Place —
Sep 2025Public order Limbrick Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Hillsborough Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Hillsborough Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hillsborough Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hillsborough Road —
Sep 2025Other theft Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Hillsborough Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Forbes Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson River Terrace Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime River Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences River Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences River Terrace Under investigation
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Data Sources

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