Total Crime Rate
27.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Coverdale Road area has the 38th lowest crime rate of 208 local areas in Broomhill and Sharrow Vale , and the 322nd 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 Coverdale Road (S7 2DD) in the last 12 months was 27.0 per 1,000 residents and was 72.8% lower than the Broomhill and Sharrow Vale average (99.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 9.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -54.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Coverdale Road (S7 2DD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Plymouth Road, where police recorded 30 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Edgedale Road (8 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Broomhill and Sharrow Vale| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Edgemount Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Grasmere Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Falmouth Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Troutbeck Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Troutbeck Road | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Troutbeck Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Edgefield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Coverdale Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Plymouth Road | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Edgemount Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Grasmere Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Dovedale Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Dovedale Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Plymouth Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Holt House Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Grasmere Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Fossdale Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Edgemount Road | Under investigation |
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