Crime Rates at Fox Street, Sheffield, S3 9HE

Fox Street area has the 51st lowest crime rate of 125 local areas in Burngreave , and the 638th 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 Fox Street (S3 9HE) in the last 12 months was 96.2 per 1,000 residents and was 46.3% lower than the Burngreave average (179.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 500.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 44.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 4.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Fox Street (S3 9HE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shirley Road, where police recorded 43 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Burngreave Road (30 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.