Sheffield criminal damage and arson crime statistics

As of February 2026, the annual crime rate in Sheffield postcode area stands at 9.4 crimes per 1000 people. Sheffield's current crime levels are at 129% of the national crime rate. Criminal damage and arson crime makes up 8.0% of all crimes reported in the postcode area. Criminal damage and arson crime totalled 12.5k representing a decrease 5% year-over-year.

Sheffield criminal damage and arson crime statistics Breakdown: Rate, Share, Volume, and Annual Change Compared to England & Wales
Sheffield postcode area	crime statistic	England & Wales
9.4	annual crime rate per 1k workday people	7.3
129%	ratio of national crime rate	100%
8.0%	share of all crimes	7.2%
12.5k	crimes reported	407k
-5.0%	annual change	-5.0%

Sheffield criminal damage and arson crime rate comparison map

Sheffield criminal damage and arson crime rate rank

Crime rate ranking : Sheffield postcode area has the 14. highest crime rate out of 99 postcode areas

Sheffield criminal damage and arson crime rate compared to other areas

Criminal damage and arson crime totalled 12.5k representing a decrease 5% year-over-year. In the graph below, postcode area are compared by crime rate and crime rate percentage change. Crime rate percentage change compares the postcode area crime rate between February 2025 - January 2026 to the postcode area crime rate in the previous 12 months. The size of the circle reflects the number of total crimes reported. The bigger the circle, the higher the number of crimes reported in the postcode area.

-5.0% annual change, crime is declining

12.5k crimes reported

Sheffield criminal damage and arson crime rate compared to other areas

Crime rate per 1000 workday people

Sheffield criminal damage and arson crime volume

Number of crime incidents by month from January 2014 to January 2026.

Sheffield criminal damage and arson crime volume

Sheffield criminal damage and arson crime rate

Crime rate per 1000 workday people compared to the national crime rate by year.

Sheffield criminal damage and arson crime seasonality

Total number of crimes reported in a given calendar month (1 = January … 12 = December) in the previous five years, i.e. from 2020 till 2024.

Sheffield criminal damage and arson crime seasonality

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