Total Crime Rate

206.6 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 206.6 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 82.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 26.2 8/10
  • Drugs 23.0 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.1 8/10
  • Other theft 13.1 9/10
  • Public order 13.1 8/10
  • Burglary 9.8 8/10
  • Shoplifting 9.8 5/10
  • Other crime 6.6 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.3 4/10
  • Theft from the person 3.3 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.3 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Cecil Square area has the 29th highest crime rate of 208 local areas in Broomhill and Sharrow Vale , and the 245th 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 Cecil Square (S2 4NT) in the last 12 months was 206.6 per 1,000 residents and was 108.2% 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 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 98.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 7.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -37.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cecil Square (S2 4NT), the main crime hotspot is near London Road. Police recorded 53 crimes here, including 21 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Cecil Square area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Keeton'S Hill Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime London Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Thorp Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Thorp Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Club Garden Walk Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences London Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Salmon Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grosvenor Square Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Vincent Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Denby Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Woodhead Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Leverton Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Leverton Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Leverton Drive Local resolution
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery London Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Arley Street —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Grosvenor Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Boston Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clarke Square Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person Clarke Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Clarke Square Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Clarke Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Clarke Square —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Boston Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bennett Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beeley Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour London Road —

Data Sources

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