Total Crime Rate
110.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
39.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Harefield Road area has the 66th highest crime rate of 207 local areas in Broomhill and Sharrow Vale , and the 557th highest crime rate of 1,697 local areas in Sheffield .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Harefield Road (S11 8NU) in the last 12 months was 110.4 per 1,000 residents and was 9.6% higher 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 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 39.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 28.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -84.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Harefield Road (S11 8NU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Snuff Mill Lane, where police recorded 128 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Harland Road (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Sheffield| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sawdon Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Westbrook Bank | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Southgrove Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Southgrove Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bagshot Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bagshot Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sawdon Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Westbrook Bank | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Westbrook Bank | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Westbrook Bank | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Khartoum Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Porter Brook View | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Sharrow Vale Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Kenwood Bank | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cherry Tree Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Snuff Mill Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Snuff Mill Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Snuff Mill Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Snuff Mill Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Snuff Mill Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Cemetery Avenue | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Eastgrove Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sawdon Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sawdon Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Denham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sawdon Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Rosedale Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Bruce Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Ecclesall Road | Under investigation |
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