Postcode district · Sheffield
Crime in S96
How much crime is recorded in S96, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Council
- Sheffield
- Region
- Yorkshire and The Humber
- Population
- 3,810 (2024)
S96Postcode district · Sheffield
How safe is S96
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 35.3 offences per 1,000 people a year in S96, 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
35.3
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
96
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).
S96National
Burglary44.99.1
Shoplifting26.18.4
Violence and sexual offences20.223.6
Anti-social behaviour11.710.7
Vehicle crime9.73.5
Drugs5.52.4
Criminal damage and arson5.44.7
Public order4.94.6
Other theft4.64.5
Other crime1.71.5
Robbery1.21.4
Possession of weapons1.20.9
Theft from the person0.82.1
Bicycle theft0.31.0
Higher-harm crime over time
The rate has been broadly flat 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.