Total Crime Rate

32.5 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

26.0 per 1,000 5/10 · Average

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 32.5 3/10
  • Violent crimes 26.0 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 19.5 5/10
  • Public order 6.5 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.3 2/10
  • Other crime 3.3 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Beechwood Road area has the 23rd lowest crime rate of 63 local areas in Hillsborough , and the 430th 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 Beechwood Road (S6 4LN) in the last 12 months was 32.5 per 1,000 residents and was 68.4% lower than the Hillsborough average (102.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 26.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -39.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Beechwood Road (S6 4LN), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Beechwood Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hillsborough Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour River Terrace
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences River Terrace Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences River Terrace Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences River Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Roselle Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Hillsborough Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Clarence Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Dykes Hall Gardens
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Dykes Hall Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Dykes Hall Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Dykes Hall Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Hillsborough Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Portsea Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Thoresby Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour River Terrace
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wood Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Taplin Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Hillsborough Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Hillsborough Road Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Hillsborough Road Awaiting court outcome

Data Sources

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