Total Crime Rate
177.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Acorn Business Park area has the 37th highest crime rate of 208 local areas in Broomhill and Sharrow Vale , and the 311th 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 Acorn Business Park (S8 0TB) in the last 12 months was 177.6 per 1,000 residents and was 79.1% 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 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 250.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 57.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 87.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 27.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Acorn Business Park (S8 0TB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Plymouth Road, where police recorded 30 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Crummock Road (8 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Broomhill and Sharrow Vale| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Grasmere Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Langdale Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Grasmere Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Plymouth Road | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Grasmere Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Athol Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Falmouth Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Troutbeck Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Troutbeck Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Troutbeck Road | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Langdale Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Woodseats Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodseats Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Coverdale Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Langdale Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Langdale Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Plymouth Road | — |
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