Total Crime Rate
70.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
39.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Wadbrough Road area has the 98th highest crime rate of 207 local areas in Broomhill and Sharrow Vale , and the 831st 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 Wadbrough Road (S11 8RF) in the last 12 months was 70.9 per 1,000 residents and was 29.7% 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 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 39.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -65.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Wadbrough Road (S11 8RF), 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 Hickmott Road (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Sheffield| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Southgrove Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Neill Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Snuff Mill Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Snuff Mill Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Snuff Mill Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Snuff Mill Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Snuff Mill Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stewart Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bristol Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bristol Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Sharrow Vale Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Neill Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clarke Dell | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Neill Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Neill Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wilson Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Neill Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Southgrove Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wadbrough Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Eastgrove Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Khartoum Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wilson Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Neill Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Neill Road | Awaiting court outcome |
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