Total Crime Rate
5.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
2.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Dobcroft Road area has the 2nd lowest crime rate of 147 local areas in Beauchief and Greenhill , and the 21st lowest crime rate of 1,697 local areas in Sheffield .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Dobcroft Road (S7 2LR) in the last 12 months was 5.2 per 1,000 residents and was 95.9% lower than the Beauchief and Greenhill average (126.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other crime with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 2.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -62.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Dobcroft Road (S7 2LR), the main crime hotspot is near A621. Police recorded 20 crimes here, including 9 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Sheffield| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | A621 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pingle Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Pingle Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | A621 | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Terminus Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | A621 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | A621 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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