Total Crime Rate

315.5 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 315.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 224.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 21.4 8/10
  • Other theft 21.4 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 16.0 9/10
  • Burglary 10.7 9/10
  • Other crime 10.7 10/10
  • Public order 10.7 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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 · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Liberty Drive area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 96 local areas in Crookes and Crosspool , and the 119th highest crime rate of 1,705 local areas in Sheffield .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Liberty Drive (S6 5QA) in the last 12 months was 315.5 per 1,000 residents and was 564.5% higher than the Crookes and Crosspool average (47.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 42 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -42.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 44 (≈ 235.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 76.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 197.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Liberty Drive (S6 5QA), the main crime hotspot is near Hall Park Hill. Police recorded 59 crimes here, including 44 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Liberty Drive area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (22/22)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Fairbarn Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Liberty Drive —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Liberty Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Liberty Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Liberty Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Hall Park Mount Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Fairbarn Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hall Park Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hall Park Hill Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hall Park Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Hall Park Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Hall Park Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hall Park Hill Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Fairbarn Close —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Long Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hall Park Head Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hall Park Head Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Deer Park Close Under investigation
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Data Sources

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