Total Crime Rate
515.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Exeter Drive area has the 7th highest crime rate of 208 local areas in Broomhill and Sharrow Vale , and the 44th highest crime rate of 1,705 local areas in Sheffield .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Exeter Drive (S3 7TW) in the last 12 months was 515.9 per 1,000 residents and was 420.1% 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 43 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 122.2% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 77 (≈ 245.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -34.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Exeter Drive (S3 7TW), the main crime hotspot is near Harrow Street. Police recorded 119 crimes here, including 53 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Broomhill and Sharrow Vale| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Broom Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Leverton Drive | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Leverton Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Leverton Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | A61 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Leverton Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Leverton Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Leverton Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Supermarket | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Supermarket | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Sunderland Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Harrow Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Harrow Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Harrow Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Harrow Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Harrow Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Harrow Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Harrow Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Harrow Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Broom Green | Under investigation |
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