Total Crime Rate

264.5 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 264.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 82.6 10/10
  • Public order 41.3 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 33.1 9/10
  • Other theft 33.1 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 24.8 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 16.5 9/10
  • Robbery 16.5 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 8.3 9/10
  • Burglary 8.3 8/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Copper Street area has the 24th highest crime rate of 121 local areas in City , and the 159th highest crime rate of 1,705 local areas in Sheffield .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Copper Street (S3 7AG) in the last 12 months was 264.5 per 1,000 residents and was 17.5% lower than the City average (320.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 140.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 6.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -64.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Copper Street (S3 7AG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Alma Street, where police recorded 42 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near West Bar (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Copper Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/44)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime South Parade Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Blue Boy Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Blue Boy Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Blue Boy Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Dun Fields —
Sep 2025Other theft Dun Fields Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Cotton Mill Row Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Mowbray Street Offender given a drugs possession warning
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Green Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Hollis Croft Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Acorn Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Acorn Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ebenezer Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ebenezer Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Scotland Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Blue Boy Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Scotland Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ward Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Paradise Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Paradise Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Paradise Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Paradise Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Paradise Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Townhead Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Silver Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Silver Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lambert Street —
Sep 2025Burglary Tenter Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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