Total Crime Rate
32.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
19.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Mitchell Street area has the 46th lowest crime rate of 207 local areas in Broomhill and Sharrow Vale , and the 424th 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 Mitchell Street (S3 7NL) in the last 12 months was 32.2 per 1,000 residents and was 68.0% lower than the Broomhill and Sharrow Vale average (100.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -62.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 19.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 47.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -76.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Mitchell Street (S3 7NL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Brownell Street, where police recorded 81 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Brightmore Drive (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Sheffield| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Jericho Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Stephen'S Walk | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Jericho Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Stephen'S Walk | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | St Stephen'S Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Brownell Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Brownell Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Brownell Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Brownell Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dover Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Daisy Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Stephen'S Walk | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Beet Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Mitchell Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ellison Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Jericho Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Sutton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hounsfield Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Hounsfield Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Hounsfield Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Hounsfield Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hounsfield Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bolsover Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Bolsover Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Bolsover Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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.