Total Crime Rate
940.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Western Bank area has the 4th highest crime rate of 208 local areas in Broomhill and Sharrow Vale , and the 15th 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 Western Bank (S10 2TJ) in the last 12 months was 940.9 per 1,000 residents and was 848.6% 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 Shoplifting with 155 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 500.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 107 (≈ 275.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( -1.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -39.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Western Bank (S10 2TJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 189 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Western Bank (41 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Broomhill and Sharrow Vale| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Claremont Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mushroom Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Mushroom Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | College Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Crookes Valley Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Crookes Valley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Western Bank | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | College Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Western Bank | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Western Bank | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Severn Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Severn Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Harcourt Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Western Bank | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
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