Total Crime Rate

260.9 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 260.9 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 95.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 43.5 9/10
  • Burglary 34.8 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 17.4 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 17.4 9/10
  • Drugs 8.7 8/10
  • Other crime 8.7 9/10
  • Other theft 8.7 7/10
  • Public order 8.7 7/10
  • Theft from the person 8.7 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.7 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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.
level: zoom:
Map is loading…

Crime overview

Headford Street area has the 22nd highest crime rate of 208 local areas in Broomhill and Sharrow Vale , and the 166th 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 Headford Street (S3 7BF) in the last 12 months was 260.9 per 1,000 residents and was 163.0% 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 104.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 88.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Headford Street (S3 7BF), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 239 crimes here, including 105 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

View Crime In Broomhill and Sharrow Vale

Crime Over Time in Headford Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hanover Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bishop Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Petrol Station Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Leverton Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Leverton Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Petrol Station Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Trafalgar Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Trafalgar Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Devonshire Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Devonshire Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Devonshire Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bishop Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Bishop Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station
Sep 2025Drugs Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences South Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences South Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Mary'S Square
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft St Mary'S Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Parking Area Under investigation

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right.