Crime Rate in Woodhouse, ward

Woodhouse has the 10th highest crime rate of 28 wards in Sheffield district and the 1489th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (Yorkshire and The Humber), it has the 136th highest crime rate of 410 wards.

The overall crime rate in Woodhouse in the last 12 months was 107.6 per 1,000 residents and was 8.3% lower than the Sheffield district average (117.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Woodhouse’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 680 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 6 cases , down -14.3% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 40.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -36.8% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 872 (≈ 46.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -35.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Woodhouse ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Supermarket, with 197 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Skelton Grove (32 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.