Total Crime Rate
124.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
51.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cavendish Street area has the 58th highest crime rate of 207 local areas in Broomhill and Sharrow Vale , and the 483rd highest crime rate of 1,697 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 Cavendish Street (S3 7SL) in the last 12 months was 124.8 per 1,000 residents and was 23.9% higher 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 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -42.9% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 31 (≈ 51.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -89.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cavendish Street (S3 7SL), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 156 crimes here, including 81 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Sheffield| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Egerton Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Westfield Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Westhill Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parking Area | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Westfield Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Westfield Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Westhill Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Westfield Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Westfield Terrace | — |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Leavy Greave Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Abney Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Westhill Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Charlotte Lane | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Egerton Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Egerton Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Headford Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Headford Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Charlotte Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Milton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Headford Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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