Total Crime Rate
7.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
1.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Bard Street area has the lowest crime rate of 120 local areas in City , and the 49th 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 Bard Street (S2 5PA) in the last 12 months was 7.7 per 1,000 residents and was 97.6% lower than the City average (314.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violent crimes with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 1.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -94.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bard Street (S2 5PA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Victoria Station Road, where police recorded 78 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Anson Street (26 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Sheffield| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | South Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Anson Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | South Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | South Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Cutlers Gate | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Broad Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Park/Open Space | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Park/Open Space | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Park/Open Space | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Anson Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Anson Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Blast Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Anson Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Victoria Station Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Victoria Station Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Victoria Station Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Victoria Station Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Victoria Station Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Anson Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Anson Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Anson Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Blast Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Old Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Crown Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Weigh Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Wharf Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | South Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | South Street | — |
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