Total Crime Rate

200.6 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 200.6 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 57.8 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 36.5 9/10
  • Public order 28.9 10/10
  • Burglary 19.8 10/10
  • Drugs 18.2 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 13.7 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.6 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.6 7/10
  • Other crime 3.0 3/10
  • Other theft 3.0 2/10
  • Robbery 3.0 3/10
  • Theft from the person 3.0 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 1.5 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.
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Crime overview

Scotland Street area has the 36th highest crime rate of 121 local areas in City , and the 258th highest crime rate of 1,705 local areas in Sheffield .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Scotland Street (S3 7DB) in the last 12 months was 200.6 per 1,000 residents and was 37.4% 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 38 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 62 (≈ 94.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 77.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 75.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Scotland Street (S3 7DB), the main crime hotspot is near Leopold Street. Police recorded 236 crimes here, including 148 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Scotland Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Trippet Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pinfold Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Townhead Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Westbar Green Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Bells Square Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Bakers Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Holly Street
Sep 2025Shoplifting Silver Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Cross Smithfield Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Silver Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Tenter Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Conference/Exhibition Centre Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Tenter Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Bailey Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Tenter Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Penton Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Paradise Street
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Paradise Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting B6539 Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting B6539 Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Boden Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Conference/Exhibition Centre Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Blue Boy Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Boden Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Green Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
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 2025Drugs Hollis Croft Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ebenezer Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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