Total Crime Rate
278.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
101.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Earl Street area has the 20th highest crime rate of 120 local areas in City , and the 136th highest crime rate of 1,697 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 Earl Street (S1 4PY) in the last 12 months was 278.5 per 1,000 residents and was 11.4% 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 130 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 4 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 75.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -20.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 170 (≈ 101.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -79.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Earl Street (S1 4PY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 157 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Furnival Gate (78 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Sheffield| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Rockingham Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Rockingham Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Rockingham Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Rockingham Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Rockingham Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Rockingham Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Rockingham Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Rockingham Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Rockingham Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hallam Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Hereford Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Hereford Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hereford Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Union Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Cross Burgess Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Furnival Gate | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Furnival Gate | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Furnival Gate | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Furnival Gate | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Furnival Gate | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Cross Burgess Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Cross Burgess Street | Awaiting court outcome |
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