Total Crime Rate
456.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
258.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Shirecliffe Lane area has the 11th highest crime rate of 125 local areas in Burngreave , and the 53rd highest crime rate of 1,697 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 Shirecliffe Lane (S3 9AD) in the last 12 months was 456.9 per 1,000 residents and was 148.9% 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 53 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 81 (≈ 258.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 44.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -45.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Shirecliffe Lane (S3 9AD), the main crime hotspot is near High View. Police recorded 121 crimes here, including 75 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Sheffield| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Holtwood Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Firshill Croft | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | High View | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | High View | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | High View | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | High View | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | High View | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | High View | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | High View | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | High View | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | High View | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | High View | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | High View | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | High View | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Firshill Rise | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | High View | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Firshill Rise | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Roe Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Roe Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Roe Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Roe Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shirecliffe Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Holtwood Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Holtwood Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Christ Church Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Firshill Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Firshill Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Firshill Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Firshill Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | High View | — |
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