Postcode district · Sheffield
Crime in S12
How much crime is recorded in S12, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Council
- Sheffield
- Region
- Yorkshire and The Humber
- Population
- 47,163 (2024)
S12Postcode district · Sheffield
How safe is S12
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 35.9 offences per 1,000 people a year in S12, above the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 7 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
7/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
35.9
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
81
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
What crime is recorded
Offences per 1,000 people a year, at-risk population (residents plus people who work here; households for burglary).
S12National
Violence and sexual offences25.923.6
Shoplifting14.38.4
Anti-social behaviour13.710.7
Burglary9.79.1
Criminal damage and arson6.94.7
Public order5.74.6
Vehicle crime4.63.5
Other theft3.94.5
Other crime2.31.5
Drugs1.92.4
Possession of weapons1.20.9
Robbery1.21.4
Theft from the person0.52.1
Bicycle theft0.51.0
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 10% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
20
40
60
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.