Crime Rates at Wood Lane, Sheffield, S6 5HD

Wood Lane area has the 30th highest crime rate of 63 local areas in Hillsborough , and the 671st lowest crime rate of 1,697 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 Lane (S6 5HD) in the last 12 months was 53.0 per 1,000 residents and was 48.5% 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 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -76.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 38.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -54.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wood Lane (S6 5HD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Bankfield Road, where police recorded 26 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Malin Road (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.