Total Crime Rate

508.8 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 508.8 10/10
  • Shoplifting 433.3 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 22.7 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 17.6 4/10
  • Public order 12.6 8/10
  • Robbery 7.6 8/10
  • Burglary 5.0 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.0 4/10
  • Other theft 5.0 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Violet Bank Road area has the 8th highest crime rate of 208 local areas in Broomhill and Sharrow Vale , and the 46th highest crime rate of 1,705 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 Violet Bank Road (S7 1RZ) in the last 12 months was 508.8 per 1,000 residents and was 413.0% 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 Shoplifting with 172 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 37.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 155.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Violet Bank Road (S7 1RZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Violet Bank Road, where police recorded 194 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Ryle Road (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Violet Bank Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (13/13)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ryle Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hospital Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ryle Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Rupert Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Rupert Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Raven Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Violet Bank Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Montgomery Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Violet Bank Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Edgehill Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Violet Bank Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Violet Bank Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Violet Bank Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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