Total Crime Rate
61.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
47.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Machon Bank area has the 95th lowest crime rate of 207 local areas in Broomhill and Sharrow Vale , and the 764th 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 Machon Bank (S7 1GP) in the last 12 months was 61.2 per 1,000 residents and was 39.2% lower 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 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 47.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -6.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Machon Bank (S7 1GP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Leyburn Road, where police recorded 33 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Joshua Road (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Sheffield| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Gatefield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ryle Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wake Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Empire Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wath Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Montgomery Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Leyburn Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Joshua Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Joshua Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Gatefield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Kenbourne Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Joshua Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bank Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Alcester Road | — |
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