Total Crime Rate
76.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
33.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Croydon Street area has the 87th highest crime rate of 207 local areas in Broomhill and Sharrow Vale , and the 774th highest 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 Croydon Street (S11 8BD) in the last 12 months was 76.4 per 1,000 residents and was 24.2% lower than the Broomhill and Sharrow Vale average (100.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 33.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -56.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Croydon Street (S11 8BD), the main crime hotspot is near Smeaton Street. Police recorded 100 crimes here, including 19 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 | Other theft | Vincent Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Smeaton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Washington Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Washington Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cemetery Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mount Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Fentonville Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Croydon Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Smeaton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Washington Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Smeaton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Smeaton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Smeaton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grange Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Smeaton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Smeaton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Washington Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Washington Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Smeaton Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sunderland Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mount Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wostenholm Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Mount Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Huntingdon Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Vincent Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Sunderland Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Grange Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cemetery Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Grange Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grange Crescent | Under investigation |
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