Total Crime Rate

264.5 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 264.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 82.6 10/10
  • Public order 41.3 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 33.1 9/10
  • Other theft 33.1 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 24.8 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 16.5 9/10
  • Robbery 16.5 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 8.3 9/10
  • Burglary 8.3 8/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

West Bar area has the 24th highest crime rate of 121 local areas in City , and the 159th 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 West Bar (S3 8PP) in the last 12 months was 264.5 per 1,000 residents and was 17.5% lower than the City average (320.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 140.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 6.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -64.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around West Bar (S3 8PP), the main crime hotspot is near East Parade. Police recorded 408 crimes here, including 199 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in West Bar area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/154)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting East Parade Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Conference/Exhibition Centre Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour York Street —
Sep 2025Bicycle theft York Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft York Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson York Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area —
Sep 2025Robbery Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order East Parade Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour York Street —
Sep 2025Burglary Alma Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Alma Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Alma Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order East Parade Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order East Parade Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Paradise Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Paradise Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order East Parade Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order East Parade Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour York Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour York Street —
Sep 2025Public order East Parade Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Leopold Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Leopold Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Leopold Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Leopold Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Leopold Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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