Total Crime Rate
32.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
26.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Beechwood 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.
View Crime In Sheffield| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hillsborough Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | River Terrace | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | River Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | River Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | River Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Roselle Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hillsborough Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clarence Court | Under investigation |
| 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 | Vehicle crime | Hillsborough Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Portsea Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thoresby Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | River Terrace | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wood Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Taplin Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Hillsborough Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hillsborough Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hillsborough Road | Awaiting court outcome |
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