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Crime in S98 1

How much crime is recorded in S98 1, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.

Council
Sheffield
Region
Yorkshire and The Humber
Population
1,986 (2024)
Crime

How safe is S98 1

Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 32.4 offences per 1,000 people a year in S98 1, broadly in line with 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
32.4
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
107
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
By type

What crime is recorded

Offences per 1,000 people a year, at-risk population (residents plus people who work here; households for burglary).

S98 1National
Burglary52.29.1
Shoplifting40.48.4
Violence and sexual offences19.123.6
Anti-social behaviour14.310.7
Vehicle crime7.63.5
Public order5.14.6
Criminal damage and arson4.14.7
Drugs4.02.4
Other theft3.74.5
Other crime1.91.5
Robbery1.61.4
Possession of weapons1.20.9
Theft from the person0.82.1
Bicycle theft0.41.0
Trend

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.

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