Total Crime Rate
100.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
15.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Portland Street area has the 44th lowest crime rate of 120 local areas in City , and the 624th 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 Portland Street (S6 3DN) in the last 12 months was 100.0 per 1,000 residents and was 68.2% lower than the City average (314.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 15.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 242.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Portland Street (S6 3DN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 84 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Barrack Lane (25 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Sheffield| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Adelphi Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bedford Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barrack Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Barrack Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Barrack Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barrack Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barrack Lane | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Philip'S Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | St Philip'S Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Downing Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Portland Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Upperthorpe Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bedford Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barrack Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Upperthorpe Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cross Bedford Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cross Bedford Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lock Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bedford Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barrack Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Straw Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Bedford Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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