Total Crime Rate

82.2 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

23.0 per 1,000 5/10 · Average

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 82.2 7/10
  • Violent crimes 23.0 5/10
  • Shoplifting 16.9 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 14.5 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 10.9 3/10
  • Public order 9.7 7/10
  • Burglary 8.5 8/10
  • Other theft 8.5 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.8 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.4 1/10
  • Robbery 2.4 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.4 1/10
  • Drugs 1.2 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Alma Street area has the 36th lowest crime rate of 120 local areas in City , and the 737th highest crime rate of 1,697 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 Alma Street (S3 8SN) in the last 12 months was 82.2 per 1,000 residents and was 73.9% lower than the City average (314.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 23.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 18.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 33.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Alma Street (S3 8SN), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 65 crimes here, including 32 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Alma Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/31)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Chatham Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bakers Yard Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Swinton Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bower Spring —
Apr 2026Other theft Swinton Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Swinton Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Alma Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Alma Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Mowbray Street —
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Westbar Green Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other crime Westbar Green Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Chatham Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Kelham Square —
Apr 2026Robbery Bakers Yard Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Drugs Chatham Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Chatham Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Fox Hill Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fox Hill Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Scargill Croft Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bakers Yard Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Mowbray Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences West Bar Under investigation
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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