Crime Rates at Brown Street, Sheffield, S1 2BS

Brown Street area has the 15th highest crime rate of 120 local areas in City , and the 118th highest crime rate of 1,697 local areas in Sheffield .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Brown Street (S1 2BS) in the last 12 months was 312.9 per 1,000 residents and was 0.5% lower than the City average (314.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 10.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 129.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -13.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -49.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Brown Street (S1 2BS), the main crime hotspot is near Theatre/Concert Hall. Police recorded 178 crimes here, including 80 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.