Total Crime Rate
75.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
20.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Upper Albert Road area has the 51st highest crime rate of 147 local areas in Beauchief and Greenhill , and the 781st highest crime rate of 1,697 local areas in Sheffield .
Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Upper Albert Road (S8 9HT) in the last 12 months was 75.9 per 1,000 residents and was 39.8% 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 Anti-social behaviour with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violent crimes ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 20.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -43.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Upper Albert Road (S8 9HT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Carfield Place, where police recorded 20 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Lismore Road (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Sheffield| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hollythorpe Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Carfield Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Carfield Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hollythorpe Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hollythorpe Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Thorpe House Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Canterbury Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Canterbury Road | Under investigation |
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