Total Crime Rate
266.7 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
155.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Oxford Street area has the 22nd highest crime rate of 207 local areas in Broomhill and Sharrow Vale , and the 147th highest crime rate of 1,697 local areas in Sheffield .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Oxford Street (S6 3FD) in the last 12 months was 266.7 per 1,000 residents and was 164.7% higher than the Broomhill and Sharrow Vale average (100.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 30 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -17.4% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 35 (β 155.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 9.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -56.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Oxford Street (S6 3FD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Albion Street, where police recorded 45 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Oxford 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Oxford Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Albion Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oxford Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Albion Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Albion Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Albion Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Albion Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Albion Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Albion Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Albion Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Albion Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Albion Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Straw Lane | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Albion Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Albion Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Albion Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tay Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oxford Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oxford Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oxford Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oxford Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oxford Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tay Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Crookesmoor Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Oxford Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Martin Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Martin Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Martin Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Martin Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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