Total Crime Rate
179.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Elm Gardens area has the 36th highest crime rate of 208 local areas in Broomhill and Sharrow Vale , and the 299th 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 Elm Gardens (S10 5AB) in the last 12 months was 179.6 per 1,000 residents and was 81.1% 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 Anti-social behaviour with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 59.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 206.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Elm Gardens (S10 5AB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 50 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bute Street (17 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 | Theft from the person | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Redcar Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Hoole Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Blakeney Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Weston View | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Glebe Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Glebe Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Crookes Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Redcar Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | School Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | School Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Elgin Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Highnam Crescent Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Highnam Crescent Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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