Crime Rate in Gleadless Valley, ward

Gleadless Valley has the 4th highest crime rate of 28 wards in Sheffield district and the 643rd highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (Yorkshire and The Humber), it has the 50th highest crime rate of 410 wards.

The overall crime rate in Gleadless Valley in the last 12 months was 150.3 per 1,000 residents and was 28.1% higher than the Sheffield district average (117.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Gleadless Valley’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 1,017 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 16 cases , down -33.3% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 14.6% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -43.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 1,309 (≈ 57.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -2.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -31.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Gleadless Valley ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 179 crimes here, including 58 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.