Total Crime Rate
764.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Hillsborough Barracks area has the highest crime rate of 63 local areas in Hillsborough , and the 21st 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 Hillsborough Barracks (S6 2GZ) in the last 12 months was 764.3 per 1,000 residents and was 647.9% higher than the Hillsborough average (102.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 77 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 66 (≈ 235.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -54.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hillsborough Barracks (S6 2GZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 98 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Owlerton Green (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Hillsborough| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Burnaby Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Freedom Court | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Owlerton Green | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Owlerton Green | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Owlerton Green | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Burnaby Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Burnaby Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Burnaby Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Greaves Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Owlerton Green | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Langsett Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Capel Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Capel Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Channing Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Owlerton Green | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cuthbert Bank Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Victor Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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