Total Crime Rate
532.7 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Vauxhall Close area has the 5th highest crime rate of 157 local areas in Darnall , and the 41st 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 Vauxhall Close (S9 1JW) in the last 12 months was 532.7 per 1,000 residents and was 196.2% higher than the Darnall average (179.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 45 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 110.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -46.2% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 54 (β 160.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -28.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 33.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Vauxhall Close (S9 1JW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 55 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Dara Street (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Darnall| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Dara Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | β |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tansley Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Tansley Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Asquith Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Dara Street | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Dara Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Vauxhall Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Eccles Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Vauxhall Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Elmview Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Elmview Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Tansley Drive | β |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Prestwich Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Prestwich Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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