Crime Rates at Nursery Street, Sheffield, S3 8GF

Nursery 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 Nursery Street (S3 8GF) 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 Nursery Street (S3 8GF), the main crime hotspot is near High Street. Police recorded 383 crimes here, including 166 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.