Total Crime Rate
73.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
27.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Upper Allen Street area has the 31st lowest crime rate of 120 local areas in City , and the 802nd highest 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 Upper Allen Street (S3 7GY) in the last 12 months was 73.9 per 1,000 residents and was 76.5% lower than the City average (314.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -40.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 27.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 26.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 11.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Upper Allen Street (S3 7GY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Brownell Street, where police recorded 81 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hoyle Street (30 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Sheffield| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bakers Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Brownell Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Netherthorpe Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Netherthorpe Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Netherthorpe Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Brocco Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Brocco Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Ellis Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Ellis Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Hoyle Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Hoyle Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hoyle Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Brownell Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Brownell Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Brownell Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Brownell Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Radford Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Brownell Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Brownell Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Brownell Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hoyle Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hoyle Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Philip'S Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | St Philip'S Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Henry Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Henry Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sudbury Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Morpeth Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Morpeth Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Abney Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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