Total Crime Rate
64.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
31.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Solly Street area has the 22nd lowest crime rate of 120 local areas in City , and the 803rd lowest crime rate of 1,697 local areas in Sheffield .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Solly Street (S1 4BB) in the last 12 months was 64.5 per 1,000 residents and was 79.5% 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 43 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -40.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 50 (≈ 31.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 13.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -50.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Solly Street (S1 4BB), the main crime hotspot is near West Street. Police recorded 262 crimes here, including 145 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Sheffield| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Orange Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Bailey Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Blue Boy Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bailey Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Blue Boy Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Trippet Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Scotland Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Henry Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Henry Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Brownell Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Radford Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Radford Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Radford Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Radford Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Orange Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | B6539 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Radford Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hoyle Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Brownell Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Brownell Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Brownell Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Brownell Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Brownell Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Brownell Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hoyle Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hoyle Street | Under investigation |
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