Crime Rates at Wood Road, Sheffield, S6 4LU

Wood Road area has the 18th lowest crime rate of 63 local areas in Hillsborough , and the 350th lowest crime rate of 1,705 local areas in Sheffield .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Wood Road (S6 4LU) in the last 12 months was 28.5 per 1,000 residents and was 72.1% lower than the Hillsborough average (102.2 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 Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Other theft ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 21.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -45.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -53.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wood Road (S6 4LU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Brier Street, where police recorded 30 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Holme Lane (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.