Total Crime Rate

270.8 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

55.6 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 270.8 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 145.8 10/10
  • Violent crimes 55.6 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 55.6 9/10
  • Burglary 20.8 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.9 8/10
  • Other theft 13.9 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 13.9 9/10
  • Drugs 6.9 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Prestwich Street area has the 17th highest crime rate of 157 local areas in Darnall , and the 145th 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 Prestwich Street (S9 1NU) in the last 12 months was 270.8 per 1,000 residents and was 50.4% higher than the Darnall average (180.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 55.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 94.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Prestwich Street (S9 1NU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Stanwell Avenue, where police recorded 32 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Jedburgh Drive (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Prestwich Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/33)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Drugs Chapman Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Oakes Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Fife Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Jedburgh Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Prestwich Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Prestwich Street —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Prestwich Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Oakes Street —
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Oakes Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Oakes Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Woodbury Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Oakes Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Elmview Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Elmview Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Elmview Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Elmview Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Dara Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Dara Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Dara Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fife Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Jedburgh Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Stanwell Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Jedburgh Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Stanwell Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Stanwell Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Jedburgh Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Jedburgh Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Stanwell Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Stanwell Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Burglary Julian Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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