Crime Rates at Southey Hill, Sheffield, S5 8BB

Southey Hill area has the 47th highest crime rate of 125 local areas in Burngreave , and the 422nd 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 Southey Hill (S5 8BB) in the last 12 months was 139.8 per 1,000 residents and was 23.9% lower 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 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -28.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 80.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -3.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -37.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Southey Hill (S5 8BB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 101 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Dryden Way (33 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.