Postcode · Sheffield
Crime in S6 2AD
How much crime is recorded in S6 2AD, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Hillsborough, Owlerton & Wadsley Bridge
- Council
- Sheffield
- Region
- Yorkshire and The Humber
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,407 (2024)
S6 2ADSheffield
How safe is S6 2AD
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 35.7 offences per 1,000 people a year in the S6 2AD 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
35.7
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
83
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).
S6 2ADNational
Violence and sexual offences23.323.6
Burglary22.69.1
Shoplifting14.88.4
Anti-social behaviour10.310.7
Criminal damage and arson6.84.7
Public order6.14.6
Vehicle crime5.33.5
Other theft4.54.5
Bicycle theft2.41.0
Robbery1.71.4
Drugs1.42.4
Other crime1.01.5
Possession of weapons0.80.9
Theft from the person0.22.1
Higher-harm crime over time
The rate has been broadly flat since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
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Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.