Total Crime Rate
3350.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Newburn Drive area has the highest crime rate of 157 local areas in Darnall , and the 2nd highest crime rate of 1,705 local areas in Sheffield .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Newburn Drive (S9 1UR) in the last 12 months was 3350.7 per 1,000 residents and was 1763.0% higher than the Darnall average (179.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 749 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 3 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 22.2% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 313 (≈ 677.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 35.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Newburn Drive (S9 1UR), the main crime hotspot is near St Lawrence Road. Police recorded 70 crimes here, including 44 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Darnall| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Harrowden Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Lawrence Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Harrowden Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Ingfield Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Norborough Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Norborough Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Raby Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Dundas Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hatherley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | St Lawrence Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Harrowden Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | St Lawrence Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | St Lawrence Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Lawrence Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Greasbro Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Bawtry Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Bawtry Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bawtry Gate | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Highgate | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Bawtry Gate | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Town Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Siemens Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | St Lawrence Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Highgate | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Highgate | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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