Total Crime Rate

104.8 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 104.8 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 31.2 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 22.7 5/10
  • Public order 19.8 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 17.0 9/10
  • Burglary 8.5 8/10
  • Other theft 2.8 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.8 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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 · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Cat Lane area has the 50th lowest crime rate of 121 local areas in City , and the 588th highest crime rate of 1,705 local areas in Sheffield .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Cat Lane (S2 3AY) in the last 12 months was 104.8 per 1,000 residents and was 67.3% lower than the City average (320.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -55.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 45.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -38.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -55.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cat Lane (S2 3AY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 74 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Derby Terrace (30 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Cat Lane area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Penns Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Heeley Green Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Derby Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Abney Close
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lismore Road
Sep 2025Burglary Fitzroy Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Denmark Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Denmark Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Heeley Green Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Jeffery Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Myrtle Crescent
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Edwin Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Edwin Road Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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