Total Crime Rate

122.5 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

56.1 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 122.5 8/10
  • Violent crimes 56.1 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 30.6 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 30.6 7/10
  • Public order 25.5 10/10
  • Burglary 15.3 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 5.1 3/10
  • Drugs 5.1 6/10
  • Other crime 5.1 7/10
  • Other theft 5.1 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

St 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.

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Crime Over Time in St Lawrence Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Harrowden Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Ferrars Road
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Lifford Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Norborough Road
Apr 2026Robbery Norborough Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Norborough Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences St Lawrence Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour St Lawrence Road
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ferrars Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ferrars Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour St Lawrence Road
Apr 2026Burglary Newmarch Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Harrowden Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour St Lawrence Road
Apr 2026Other crime Highgate Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Highgate Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order St Lawrence Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order St Lawrence Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences St Lawrence Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences St Lawrence Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Maplebeck Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences St Lawrence Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Newmarch Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Newmarch Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Newmarch Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Newmarch Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Drugs Newmarch Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Harrowden Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ingfield Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences St Lawrence Glebe Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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