Crime Rate in City, ward

City has the highest crime rate of 28 wards in Sheffield district and the 96th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (Yorkshire and The Humber), it has the 8th highest crime rate of 410 wards.

The overall crime rate in City in the last 12 months was 320.5 per 1,000 residents and was 173.2% higher than the Sheffield district average (117.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, City’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 2,773 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 150 cases , up 11.9% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 42.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -30.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 4,094 (≈ 130.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -31.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the City ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 484 crimes here, including 223 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.