Total Crime Rate
541.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
205.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Mowbray Street area has the 9th highest crime rate of 125 local areas in Burngreave , and the 40th highest crime rate of 1,697 local areas in Sheffield .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Mowbray Street (S3 8EL) in the last 12 months was 541.2 per 1,000 residents and was 194.8% higher than the Burngreave average (183.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 40 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 30.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -36.4% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 70 (≈ 205.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -15.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -57.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Mowbray Street (S3 8EL), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 57 crimes here, including 29 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 | Kelham Square | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Chatham Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bakers Yard | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Alma Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fox Hill | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Fox Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chatham Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chatham Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bower Spring | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Chatham Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Swinton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alma Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mowbray Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Mowbray Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Bakers Yard | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bakers Yard | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Swinton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | West Bar | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | South Parade | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | South Parade | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | West Bar | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Swinton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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