Total Crime Rate
2849.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025High Street area has the highest crime rate of 121 local areas in City , and the 3rd highest crime rate of 1,705 local areas in Sheffield .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around High Street (S1 2GD) in the last 12 months was 2849.8 per 1,000 residents and was 789.2% higher than the City average (320.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 539 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 10 cases , down -61.5% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 60.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -61.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 954 (≈ 1204.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -9.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -11.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around High Street (S1 2GD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 413 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near East Parade (199 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In City| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Esperanto Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cadman Lane | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | George Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | George Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | George Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | George Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | George Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Bank Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Bank Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cadman Lane | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | George Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cadman Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cadman Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cadman Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Cadman Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Cadman Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Cadman Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cadman Lane | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hartshead | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Hartshead | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | George Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | George Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hartshead | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Angel Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Snig Hill | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Police Station | Under investigation |
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