Postcode · Sheffield
Crime in S26 5LN
How much crime is recorded in S26 5LN, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Swallownest & Wales
- Council
- Rotherham
- Region
- Yorkshire and The Humber
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,366 (2024)
S26 5LNSheffield
How safe is S26 5LN
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 40.1 offences per 1,000 people a year in the S26 5LN area, 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
40.1
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
73
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).
S26 5LNNational
Violence and sexual offences31.523.6
Burglary14.49.1
Shoplifting10.68.4
Anti-social behaviour9.910.7
Criminal damage and arson3.74.7
Public order3.44.6
Vehicle crime2.43.5
Other theft2.34.5
Drugs2.02.4
Robbery1.11.4
Possession of weapons1.00.9
Other crime0.61.5
Higher-harm crime over time
The rate has been broadly flat since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
10
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40
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.