Total Crime Rate
384.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
153.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Middlewood Road area has the 7th highest crime rate of 63 local areas in Hillsborough , and the 81st highest crime rate of 1,697 local areas in Sheffield .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Middlewood Road (S6 4HA) in the last 12 months was 384.6 per 1,000 residents and was 274.0% higher 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 41 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -42.9% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 62 (≈ 153.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -15.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -32.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Middlewood Road (S6 4HA), 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 | Vehicle crime | Hillsborough Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Portsea Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Keyworth Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dykes Hall Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Dykes Hall Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dykes Hall Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dykes Hall Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Roselle Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clarence Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Warner Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thoresby Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Keyworth Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Keyworth Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Keyworth Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Keyworth Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Keyworth Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Keyworth Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Keyworth Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Keyworth Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Keyworth Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Keyworth Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Keyworth Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Keyworth Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Hillsborough Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hawksley Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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