Total Crime Rate

1146.3 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 1146.3 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 480.8 10/10
  • Other theft 122.0 10/10
  • Shoplifting 115.0 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 104.5 10/10
  • Theft from the person 90.6 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 66.2 10/10
  • Public order 66.2 10/10
  • Drugs 34.8 10/10
  • Burglary 27.9 10/10
  • Possession of weapons 17.4 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.5 8/10
  • Other crime 7.0 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.5 5/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

West Street area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 208 local areas in Broomhill and Sharrow Vale , and the 13th highest crime rate of 1,705 local areas in Sheffield .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around West Street (S1 4DZ) in the last 12 months was 1146.3 per 1,000 residents and was 1055.7% 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 138 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 375.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -51.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 162 (≈ 564.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 1.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -66.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around West Street (S1 4DZ), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 356 crimes here, including 192 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

View Crime In Broomhill and Sharrow Vale

Crime Over Time in West Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Abney Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Devonshire Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sports/Recreation Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Sports/Recreation Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Devonshire Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pinfold Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Tenter Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Devonshire Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Holly Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Backfields Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Backfields Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Backfields Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Backfields Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Backfields Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Backfields Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Backfields Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Backfields Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Tenter Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Trafalgar Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Leopold Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Boden Lane
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Boden Lane

Data Sources

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