Total Crime Rate
340.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
149.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Portland Court area has the 16th highest crime rate of 207 local areas in Broomhill and Sharrow Vale , and the 96th highest crime rate of 1,697 local areas in Sheffield .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Portland Court (S6 3EW) in the last 12 months was 340.3 per 1,000 residents and was 237.8% higher than the Broomhill and Sharrow Vale average (100.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 49 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 133.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 64 (≈ 149.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 36.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -56.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Portland Court (S6 3EW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Wood Street, where police recorded 48 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Barrack Lane | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Primrose Hill | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lock Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barrack Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barrack Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barrack Lane | 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 | Creswick Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Creswick Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grammar Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Straw Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Woollen Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Primrose Hill | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitehouse Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Blake Grove Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wood Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Boyce Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Primrose Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wood Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ash Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wood Street | — |
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