Total Crime Rate
245.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Priestley Street 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 Priestley Street (S2 4DD) 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 Priestley Street (S2 4DD), the main crime hotspot is near Petrol Station. Police recorded 127 crimes here, including 21 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In City| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Leadmill Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Charlotte Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Cromford Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cromford Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Leadmill Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Brittain Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Edmund Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Lenton Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Lancing Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shoreham Street | — |
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