Total Crime Rate
193.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
126.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Acres Hill Lane area has the 31st highest crime rate of 157 local areas in Darnall , and the 266th highest crime rate of 1,697 local areas in Sheffield .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Acres Hill Lane (S9 4LR) in the last 12 months was 193.3 per 1,000 residents and was 7.3% higher 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 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 34 (≈ 126.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 13.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -71.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Acres Hill Lane (S9 4LR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 54 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Mather Road (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Sheffield| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Halsall Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Locke Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Acres Hill Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Mather Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Mather Drive | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Mather Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Halsall Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Halsall Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Halsall Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Acres Hill Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Colister Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Colister Drive | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Acres Hill Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Acres Hill Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Acres Hill Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pollitt Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Pollitt Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Pollitt Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pollitt Close | Under investigation |
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