Total Crime Rate
582.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Mowbray Street area has the 8th highest crime rate of 125 local areas in Burngreave , and the 35th highest crime rate of 1,705 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 582.4 per 1,000 residents and was 225.4% higher than the Burngreave average (179.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 56 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -36.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 85 (≈ 250.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 6.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -37.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Mowbray Street (S3 8EL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Swinton Street, where police recorded 50 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Burngreave| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Alma Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Neville Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Swinton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | West Bar | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Swinton Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Kelham Square | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Mowbray Street | Offender given a drugs possession warning |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Alma Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Alma Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Swinton Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Lambert Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | South Parade | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Chatham Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Chatham Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Chatham Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | West Bar | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Fox Hill | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Cotton Mill Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
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