Crime Rate in Burngreave, ward

Burngreave has the 3rd highest crime rate of 28 wards in Sheffield district and the 395th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (Yorkshire and The Humber), it has the 30th highest crime rate of 410 wards.

The overall crime rate in Burngreave in the last 12 months was 179.0 per 1,000 residents and was 52.6% higher than the Sheffield district average (117.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Burngreave’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 1,800 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 18 cases , down -18.2% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 38.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -27.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 2,381 (≈ 81.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( -0.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -36.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Burngreave ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Supermarket, with 365 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Smilter Lane (183 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.