Total Crime Rate
151.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
72.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cross Bedford Street area has the 49th highest crime rate of 120 local areas in City , and the 376th highest crime rate of 1,697 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 Cross Bedford Street (S6 3BS) in the last 12 months was 151.5 per 1,000 residents and was 51.8% lower than the City average (314.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 72.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 26.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -56.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cross Bedford Street (S6 3BS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 84 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bedford Street (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Sheffield| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Bedford Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Upperthorpe Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Upperthorpe Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Portland Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | St Philip'S Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bedford Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Bedford Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bedford Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Bedford Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bedford Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Netherthorpe Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bedford Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bedford Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cross Bedford Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cross Bedford Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sudbury Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Henry Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Henry Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Netherthorpe Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Philip'S Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lock Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Netherthorpe Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Downing Lane | — |
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