Total Crime Rate

245.2 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 245.2 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 95.1 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 33.8 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 27.5 10/10
  • Other theft 21.1 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 14.8 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 14.8 10/10
  • Burglary 10.6 9/10
  • Other crime 8.5 9/10
  • Public order 8.5 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.2 7/10
  • Shoplifting 4.2 3/10
  • Drugs 2.1 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

Sheaf Gardens area has the 25th highest crime rate of 121 local areas in City , and the 180th 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 Sheaf Gardens (S2 4BB) in the last 12 months was 245.2 per 1,000 residents and was 23.5% lower than the City average (320.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Vehicle crime with 45 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 46.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -35.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -47.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Sheaf Gardens (S2 4BB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 127 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Granville Street (40 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Sheaf Gardens area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Theatre/Concert Hall
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Leadmill Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Theatre/Concert Hall Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Theatre/Concert Hall Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Granville Street
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Suffolk Road
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Granville Street
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Granville Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Granville Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Granville Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Granville Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Granville Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Leadmill Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Suffolk Road
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Cromford Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Nightclub
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Nightclub Under investigation

Data Sources

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