Total Crime Rate
59.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
6.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Wade Meadow area has the 27th highest crime rate of 63 local areas in Hillsborough , and the 755th lowest crime rate of 1,697 local areas in Sheffield .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Wade Meadow (S6 4DE) in the last 12 months was 59.9 per 1,000 residents and was 41.7% lower than the Hillsborough average (102.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 8 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 Violent crimes ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 6.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -66.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Wade Meadow (S6 4DE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Ben Lane, where police recorded 19 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Collin Avenue (14 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 | Well Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ben Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Well Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ben Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ben Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ben Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ben Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Collin Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Collin Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Well Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Braemore Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Braemore Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Braemore Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Collin Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Ben Lane | Under investigation |
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