Total Crime Rate

93.0 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 93.0 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 48.1 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 12.8 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.6 7/10
  • Other crime 6.4 8/10
  • Public order 6.4 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.2 2/10
  • Robbery 3.2 4/10
  • Theft from the person 3.2 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Whitehouse Lane area has the 78th highest crime rate of 208 local areas in Broomhill and Sharrow Vale , and the 672nd highest crime rate of 1,705 local areas in Sheffield .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Whitehouse Lane (S6 2UZ) in the last 12 months was 93.0 per 1,000 residents and was 6.3% lower than the Broomhill and Sharrow Vale average (99.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -88.9% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -88.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 57.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -33.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Whitehouse Lane (S6 2UZ), the main crime hotspot is near King James Street. Police recorded 28 crimes here, including 17 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Whitehouse Lane area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Langsett Rise Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Greaves Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Primrose Hill Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Primrose Hill Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Freedom Court
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Channing Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences King James Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences King James Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order King James Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Tennyson Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tennyson Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Langsett Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Whitehouse Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Langsett Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Somerville Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cuthbert Bank Road Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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