Total Crime Rate
186.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
78.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Nicholson Place area has the 39th highest crime rate of 120 local areas in City , and the 284th highest crime rate of 1,697 local areas in Sheffield .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Nicholson Place (S8 9ST) in the last 12 months was 186.3 per 1,000 residents and was 40.8% lower than the City average (314.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 78.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -27.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -29.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Nicholson Place (S8 9ST), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 29 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Nicholson Place (13 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 | Denson Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Rushdale Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Anns Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alexandra Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alexandra Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Myrtle Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Springwood Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Springwood Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Maxey Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shirebrook Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Albert Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Anns Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Albert Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Nicholson Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Nicholson Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cambridge Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Canterbury Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Canterbury Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Denson Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Denson Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Denson Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Farish Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Anns Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Cross Myrtle Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wilson Place | Local resolution |
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