Total Crime Rate
28.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
11.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hammerton Close area has the 40th lowest crime rate of 96 local areas in Crookes and Crosspool , and the 375th lowest crime rate of 1,697 local areas in Sheffield .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Hammerton Close (S6 2NF) in the last 12 months was 28.4 per 1,000 residents and was 36.6% lower than the Crookes and Crosspool average (44.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 11.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -65.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hammerton Close (S6 2NF), the main crime hotspot is near King James Street. Police recorded 30 crimes here, including 17 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Sheffield| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Freedom Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Burnaby Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grouse Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grouse Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grouse Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grouse Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Burnaby Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Burnaby Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Burnaby Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grouse Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | King James Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | King James Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | King James Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Burnaby Green | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Burnaby Green | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Burnaby Green | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grouse Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Walkley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Carnaby Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Elliottville Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Parsonage Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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