Total Crime Rate
69.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
39.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Acres Hill Road area has the 67th lowest crime rate of 157 local areas in Darnall , and the 844th highest crime rate of 1,697 local areas in Sheffield .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Acres Hill Road (S9 3DB) in the last 12 months was 69.3 per 1,000 residents and was 61.5% lower than the Darnall average (180.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 39.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 72.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -48.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Acres Hill Road (S9 3DB), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 40 crimes here, including 22 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 | Locke Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Poole Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Wetherby Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Swale Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gainsford Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Gainsford Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Balfour Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Scarborough Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Scarborough Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Poole Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Studley Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Colister Drive | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Pearce Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pearce Walk | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ronald Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ronald Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fisher Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Mandeville Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Kirby Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kirby Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kirby Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Colister Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Acres Hill Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Acres Hill Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Acres Hill Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Acres Hill Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Pollitt Close | Under investigation |
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