Total Crime Rate

155.0 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 155.0 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 65.9 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 19.4 7/10
  • Public order 15.5 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 11.6 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.6 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 11.6 8/10
  • Other theft 7.8 7/10
  • Burglary 3.9 4/10
  • Other crime 3.9 5/10
  • Robbery 3.9 5/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Nowill Place area has the 46th highest crime rate of 121 local areas in City , and the 373rd highest crime rate of 1,705 local areas in Sheffield .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Nowill Place (S8 9WB) in the last 12 months was 155.0 per 1,000 residents and was 51.6% lower than the City average (320.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 85.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 37.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -50.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Nowill Place (S8 9WB), the main crime hotspot is near Sark Road. Police recorded 67 crimes here, including 25 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Nowill Place area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Wilson Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Sark Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Shirebrook Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Shirebrook Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Prospect Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Brooklyn Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Molloy Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Molloy Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Molloy Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sark Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sark Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Nicholson Place
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Sark Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Sark Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Sark Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Sark Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Sark Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sturge Croft Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Anns Road
Sep 2025Other theft Gerard Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Anns Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Sark Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Prospect Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Cambridge Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Anns Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Anns Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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