Crime Rates at Union Street, Sheffield, S1 2JQ

Union Street area has the highest crime rate of 208 local areas in Broomhill and Sharrow Vale , and the 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 Union Street (S1 2JQ) in the last 12 months was 3383.2 per 1,000 residents and was 3310.8% higher than the Broomhill and Sharrow Vale average (99.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 426 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 6 cases , down -14.3% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 20.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -59.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 572 (≈ 1781.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -13.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -13.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Union Street (S1 2JQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 530 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Leopold Street (148 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.