Total Crime Rate
273.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
112.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Vauxhall Road area has the 16th highest crime rate of 157 local areas in Darnall , and the 142nd highest crime rate of 1,697 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 Road (S9 1LD) in the last 12 months was 273.0 per 1,000 residents and was 51.6% higher than the Darnall average (180.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 28 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 39 (≈ 112.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -35.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Vauxhall Road (S9 1LD), the main crime hotspot is near Dara Street. Police recorded 24 crimes here, including 11 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Sheffield| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dara Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oakes Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Chapman Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Dara Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Dara Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elmview Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elmview Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elmview Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elmview Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Asquith Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oakes Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oakes Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Oakes Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Oakes Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Prestwich Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Prestwich Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Prestwich Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Julian Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Julian Road | — |
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