Crime Rates at Empire Road, Sheffield, S7 1GL

Empire Road area has the 16th lowest crime rate of 121 local areas in City , and the 567th 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 Empire Road (S7 1GL) in the last 12 months was 44.7 per 1,000 residents and was 86.0% lower than the City average (320.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -9.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 23.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -54.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Empire Road (S7 1GL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Bedale Road, where police recorded 66 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Joshua Road (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.