Total Crime Rate

181.1 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 181.1 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 45.3 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 32.9 9/10
  • Burglary 24.7 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 24.7 10/10
  • Public order 24.7 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 12.4 9/10
  • Drugs 8.2 8/10
  • Other theft 4.1 4/10
  • Shoplifting 4.1 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Cowlishaw Road area has the 35th highest crime rate of 208 local areas in Broomhill and Sharrow Vale , and the 295th highest crime rate of 1,705 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 Cowlishaw Road (S11 8XE) in the last 12 months was 181.1 per 1,000 residents and was 82.5% 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 Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 70.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 142.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -51.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cowlishaw Road (S11 8XE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Neill Road, where police recorded 41 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hickmott Road (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Cowlishaw Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Neill Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Neill Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Steel Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Steel Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Brincliffe Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Bruce Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Osberton Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Neill Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Neill Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Kingfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Neill Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Neill Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Dyson Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Neill Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Neill Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Cowlishaw Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Wilson Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Steel Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Brincliffe Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kingfield Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Guest Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lynton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Osborne Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wilson Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Kirkstall Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Kirkstall Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kingfield Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Kingfield Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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