Crime Rate in Southey, ward

Southey has the 6th highest crime rate of 28 wards in Sheffield district and the 1062nd highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (Yorkshire and The Humber), it has the 97th highest crime rate of 410 wards.

The overall crime rate in Southey in the last 12 months was 123.0 per 1,000 residents and was 4.8% higher than the Sheffield district average (117.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Southey’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 1,097 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 4 cases , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 48.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 1,371 (≈ 60.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( -1.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -42.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Southey ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 119 crimes here, including 51 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.