Crime Rates at Montgomery Road, Sheffield, S7 1LR

Montgomery Road area has the 36th highest crime rate of 207 local areas in Broomhill and Sharrow Vale , and the 340th highest crime rate of 1,697 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 Montgomery Road (S7 1LR) in the last 12 months was 162.4 per 1,000 residents and was 61.2% higher than the Broomhill and Sharrow Vale average (100.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 70.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -9.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -47.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Montgomery Road (S7 1LR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Violet Bank Road, where police recorded 62 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Kenwood Road (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.