Total Crime Rate
413.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Spital Hill area has the 12th highest crime rate of 125 local areas in Burngreave , and the 77th highest crime rate of 1,705 local areas in Sheffield .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Spital Hill (S4 7LD) in the last 12 months was 413.5 per 1,000 residents and was 131.0% higher 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 35 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -80.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 51 (≈ 245.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -30.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 295.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Spital Hill (S4 7LD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 365 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hallcar Street (50 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Burngreave| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Spital Hill | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Victoria Station Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Victoria Station Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Victoria Station Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Victoria Station Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Victoria Station Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Victoria Station Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Victoria Station Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Clun Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Handley Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Handley Street | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Handley Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Handley Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Handley Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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