Total Crime Rate
169.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
69.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Lound Road area has the 39th highest crime rate of 157 local areas in Darnall , and the 327th highest crime rate of 1,697 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 Lound Road (S9 4BL) in the last 12 months was 169.0 per 1,000 residents and was 6.2% 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 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 69.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 270.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lound Road (S9 4BL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near High Hazels Mead, where police recorded 58 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near High Hazels Close (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Sheffield| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Olivers Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | High Hazels Mead | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Olivers Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lound Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Olivers Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | High Hazels Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | High Hazels Mead | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | High Hazels Mead | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Olivers Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | High Hazels Mead | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | High Hazels Mead | — |
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