Total Crime Rate
350.0 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
127.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Wellfield Road area has the 15th highest crime rate of 207 local areas in Broomhill and Sharrow Vale , and the 91st 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 Wellfield Road (S6 3GF) in the last 12 months was 350.0 per 1,000 residents and was 247.4% 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 Anti-social behaviour with 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 108.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 28 (β 127.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 40.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -50.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Wellfield Road (S6 3GF), 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 | Wellfield Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elliott Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Oxford Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Oxford Street | Under investigation |
| 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Oxford Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oxford Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oxford Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wellfield Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Elliott Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Oxford Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Elliott Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alpine Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alpine Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Alpine Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Albion Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Sydney Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sydney Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sydney Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Barber Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Ivy Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Oxford Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Oxford Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ivy Drive | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Albion Street | β |
| 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 |
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