Total Crime Rate
6.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
3.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Wayland Road area has the 5th lowest crime rate of 207 local areas in Broomhill and Sharrow Vale , and the 36th lowest 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 Wayland Road (S11 8YD) in the last 12 months was 6.8 per 1,000 residents and was 93.3% 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 Burglary with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2025, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.
Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 3.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -76.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Wayland Road (S11 8YD), 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Cherry Tree Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bagshot Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Williamson Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sandbeck Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Williamson Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Williamson Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Sharrow Vale Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stewart Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Rosedale Gardens | 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 | Other theft | Kenwood Bank | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bagshot Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Porter Brook View | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Williamson Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Bruce Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Westbrook Bank | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Khartoum Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Westbrook Bank | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Ecclesall Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Westbrook Bank | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wadbrough Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Westbrook Bank | — |
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