Total Crime Rate
58.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
14.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Upper Hanover Street area has the 89th lowest crime rate of 207 local areas in Broomhill and Sharrow Vale , and the 734th lowest crime rate of 1,697 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 Upper Hanover Street (S3 7RS) in the last 12 months was 58.0 per 1,000 residents and was 42.5% 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 Anti-social behaviour with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 300.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 14.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -87.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Upper Hanover Street (S3 7RS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 56 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Exeter 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Clarke Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Exeter Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Hounsfield Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Hounsfield Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hanover Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Hounsfield Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hounsfield Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Petrol Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Broomhall Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Broom Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Exeter Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Conway Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hounsfield Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Broomspring Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Wilton Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Exeter Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Exeter Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Headford Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Havelock Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Hanover Way | Under investigation |
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