Total Crime Rate

413.5 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 413.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 168.3 10/10
  • Public order 57.7 10/10
  • Drugs 48.1 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 43.3 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 28.9 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 24.0 10/10
  • Robbery 14.4 10/10
  • Theft from the person 9.6 8/10
  • Burglary 4.8 5/10
  • Other crime 4.8 7/10
  • Other theft 4.8 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.8 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Spital 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.

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Crime Over Time in Spital Hill area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Spital Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Victoria Station Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Victoria Station Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Victoria Station Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Victoria Station Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Victoria Station Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Victoria Station Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Victoria Station Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clun Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Handley Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Handley Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Public order Handley Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Handley Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Handley Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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