Total Crime Rate

76.4 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

33.2 per 1,000 6/10 · Average

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 76.4 7/10
  • Violent crimes 33.2 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 26.6 6/10
  • Burglary 13.3 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.0 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.0 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 6.6 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.3 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.3 4/10
  • Other theft 3.3 3/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Croydon 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.

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Crime Over Time in Croydon Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Other theft Vincent Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Smeaton Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Washington Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Washington Road
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Cemetery Road
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Mount Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Fentonville Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Croydon Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Smeaton Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Washington Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Smeaton Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Smeaton Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Smeaton Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Grange Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Smeaton Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Smeaton Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Washington Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Washington Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Smeaton Street
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Sunderland Street
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Mount Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wostenholm Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Mount Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Huntingdon Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Vincent Road
Apr 2026Public order Sunderland Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Grange Crescent
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Cemetery Road
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Grange Crescent
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Grange Crescent Under investigation

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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