Total Crime Rate
122.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
56.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026St Lawrence Road area has the 57th highest crime rate of 157 local areas in Darnall , and the 498th highest crime rate of 1,697 local areas in Sheffield .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around St Lawrence Road (S9 1SF) in the last 12 months was 122.5 per 1,000 residents and was 32.0% lower than the Darnall average (180.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Criminal damage and arson with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 56.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -55.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around St Lawrence Road (S9 1SF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Newmarch Street, where police recorded 73 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near St Lawrence Road (45 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 | Harrowden Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ferrars Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Lifford Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Norborough Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Norborough Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Norborough Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Lawrence Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Lawrence Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ferrars Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ferrars Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Lawrence Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Newmarch Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harrowden Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Lawrence Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Highgate | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Highgate | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | St Lawrence Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | St Lawrence Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Lawrence Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Lawrence Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Maplebeck Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Lawrence Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Newmarch Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Newmarch Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Newmarch Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Newmarch Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Newmarch Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Harrowden Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ingfield Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Lawrence Glebe | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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