Crime Rates at Kelham Island, Sheffield, S3 8RN

Kelham Island area has the 41st lowest crime rate of 121 local areas in City , and the 689th highest crime rate of 1,705 local areas in Sheffield .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Kelham Island (S3 8RN) in the last 12 months was 89.6 per 1,000 residents and was 72.0% 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 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 46.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 18.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -36.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Kelham Island (S3 8RN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Swinton Street, where police recorded 50 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near West Bar (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.