Total Crime Rate

121.0 per 1,000 8/10 Β· High

All offences Β· 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 121.0 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 45.7 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 18.8 7/10
  • Public order 16.1 9/10
  • Other crime 10.8 10/10
  • Robbery 10.8 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.1 6/10
  • Other theft 5.4 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.7 2/10
  • Burglary 2.7 2/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 Β· Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Fawcett Street area has the 59th highest crime rate of 208 local areas in Broomhill and Sharrow Vale , and the 508th highest crime rate of 1,705 local areas in Sheffield .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Fawcett Street (S3 7PN) in the last 12 months was 121.0 per 1,000 residents and was 22.0% 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 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 300.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 27 (β‰ˆ 72.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 68.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -54.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Fawcett Street (S3 7PN), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 92 crimes here, including 26 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Fawcett Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Jericho Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Netherthorpe Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Finlay Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Adelphi Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Adelphi Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Netherthorpe Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Beet Street β€”
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Summer Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Summer Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Summer Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Netherthorpe Place β€”
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bolsover Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Brook Lane β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Brook Lane β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Brook Lane β€”
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Daisy Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Finlay Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bolsover Street β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Brook Lane β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Well Meadow Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Well Meadow Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Mitchell Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Supermarket Under investigation

Data Sources

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