Total Crime Rate
90.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
48.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cavendish Street area has the 74th highest crime rate of 207 local areas in Broomhill and Sharrow Vale , and the 675th highest crime rate of 1,697 local areas in Sheffield .
The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.
The overall crime rate in the area around Cavendish Street (S3 7SS) in the last 12 months was 90.6 per 1,000 residents and was 10.1% 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 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 48.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 19.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -91.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cavendish Street (S3 7SS), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 149 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Eldon Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Milton Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Milton Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Headford Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | 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 | Drugs | Hanover Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Westhill Lane | 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 | Westhill Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Westhill Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Headford Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Eldon Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Eldon Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Eldon Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Eldon Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eldon Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Headford Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eldon Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Egerton Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Egerton Lane | Under investigation |
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