Postcode · Sheffield
Crime in S17 4AR
How much crime is recorded in S17 4AR, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Dore & Whirlow
- Council
- Sheffield
- Region
- Yorkshire and The Humber
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,807 (2024)
How safe is S17 4AR
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 17.9 offences per 1,000 people a year in the S17 4AR area, well below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 4 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
4/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
17.9
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
30
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).
S17 4ARNational
Violence and sexual offences14.523.6
Anti-social behaviour4.810.7
Burglary4.49.1
Public order2.24.6
Criminal damage and arson2.14.7
Vehicle crime1.53.5
Other theft1.34.5
Other crime1.21.5
Drugs0.72.4
Possession of weapons0.40.9
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 8% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
5
10
15
20
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.