Postcode · Sheffield
Crime in S5 8RT
How much crime is recorded in S5 8RT, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Southey Green East
- Council
- Sheffield
- Region
- Yorkshire and The Humber
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,653 (2024)
S5 8RTSheffield
How safe is S5 8RT
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 40.6 offences per 1,000 people a year in the S5 8RT 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
40.6
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
71
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).
S5 8RTNational
Violence and sexual offences32.623.6
Anti-social behaviour12.210.7
Criminal damage and arson5.84.7
Public order5.64.6
Vehicle crime4.53.5
Other crime3.61.5
Burglary2.39.1
Drugs1.92.4
Other theft1.54.5
Robbery1.51.4
Possession of weapons1.30.9
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 33% 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.