Total Crime Rate

129.1 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 129.1 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 38.0 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 30.4 9/10
  • Public order 15.2 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.7 8/10
  • Other theft 10.1 8/10
  • Burglary 7.6 7/10
  • Drugs 5.1 6/10
  • Other crime 5.1 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.5 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.5 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Blake Street area has the 54th highest crime rate of 208 local areas in Broomhill and Sharrow Vale , and the 468th highest crime rate of 1,705 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 Blake Street (S6 3JR) in the last 12 months was 129.1 per 1,000 residents and was 30.2% higher than the Broomhill and Sharrow Vale average (99.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 55.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 37.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -38.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Blake Street (S6 3JR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Oxford Street, where police recorded 40 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Alpine Road (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Blake Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Westmoreland Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Albion Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tennyson Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Addy Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Alpine Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Alpine Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Upperthorpe Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wellfield Close
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Primrose Hill Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Primrose Hill Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Crookesmoor Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oxford Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Somerville Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Daniel Hill Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Albion Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Birkendale Road
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Upperthorpe Glen Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Albion Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Albion Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Tennyson Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Birkendale Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Crookesmoor Drive Under investigation

Data Sources

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