Total Crime Rate
41.3 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Abbeydale Road area has the 14th lowest crime rate of 121 local areas in City , and the 523rd lowest crime rate of 1,705 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 Abbeydale Road (S7 1FD) in the last 12 months was 41.3 per 1,000 residents and was 87.1% lower than the City average (320.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 9 (β 17.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -81.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Abbeydale Road (S7 1FD), the main crime hotspot is near Sark Road. Police recorded 67 crimes here, including 25 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In City| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Witney Street | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Fieldhead Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Marples Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Preston Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Preston Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Chippinghouse Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Fieldhead Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Miller Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Fieldhead Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Witney Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Preston Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Glover Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Sitwell Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Sitwell Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Sitwell Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Sitwell Place | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Highfield Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Rowland Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Grosvenor Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Kiln Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Atkin Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Grosvenor Square | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St Barnabas Lane | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | London Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | London Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | London Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | London Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Saxon Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wolseley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Wolseley Road | Under investigation |
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