Exclusive:'Sky high crime in Page Hall must end now,' says Sheffield councillor following latest stabbing
“It must come to an end. We’ve had enough”
A Sheffield councillor said the “sky high” rate of crime in Page Hall “must come to an end” in the wake of a stabbing.
Three men - aged 23, 21, and 50 - were arrested on Tuesday afternoon (May 19) after a 22-year-old man was wounded on Firth Park Road.
He was rushed to hospital with serious injuries and is reportedly stable. The street was under police guard overnight and there was still a police presence earlier today.
But ward councillor for the Greens, Mustafa Ahmed, who was elected in the May local elections, says the incident is just a sign of the “sky high” crime rate in Page Hall, and is calling for drastic action.
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“It must come to an end”, Mr Ahmed told The Star at the scene of the police cordon today.
“We’ve had enough.
“Crimes, stabbings, shootings, drug taking, anti-social behaviour - this must come to end. Crime is sky high in Page Hall.
“We saw this yesterday with the stabbing in Firth Park Road and many incidents before. It must come to an end.”
Serious incidents in Page Hall
The councillor pointed to several high profile incidents to have plagued Page Hall, which latest figures show has the fourth highest rate of reported crimes in Sheffield at 233.7 incidents per 1,000 residents.
They included the murder of innocent dad-of-two Kevin Pokuta, 19, in December 2023 when a gang tried to rob a cannabis farm in a terraced house on Page Hall Road and he was shot in a case of mistaken identity.
An enormous police cordon was set up in August 2025 following a shooting that spilled from Page Hall onto the nearby Wensley Estate, with shots fired next to a children’s playground.
In April 2026, nearby Fir Vale Academy went into lockdown after community tensions led to a large-scale fight among students.
On New Year’s Eve in 2021, a street brawl in Page Hall reportedly saw 200 men, women and children erupt into violence on the troubled estate.
Three men were stabbed in a fight on Hinde Street on May 31, 2025, leading to a heightened police presence for days.
Another large scale fight in February 2026 on Page Hall Road, this time using poles and sticks as weapons, saw five men arrested for violent disorder.
Following that incident, Sheffield’s District Commander, Chief Superintendent Jamie Henderson, of South Yorkshire Police, said "violence on our streets will not be tolerated and has no place in our community”.
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Problems in Page Hall
The Star asked Councillor Ahmed what specific problems Page Hall faces.
“Page Hall has a lot of crime,” said Mr Ahmed. “Flytipping, a massive ASB problem and group violence.
“Day to day there are people spending time in massive groups of 30 or 40 people gathering in the streets, talking loudly and playing music late.
“Girls and boys aged 13 and 14 stand in the road vaping and bothering people.
“No one wants to move to or even visit or walk through Page Hall. No chance.
“It breaks my heart. Yesterday I was trying to sleep and I couldn’t because I was think of how there is so much crime in the area. It’s really painful and I’ve had enough.”
Solutions
“Other places to live in Sheffield are asking for something bigger, like bike lanes and 20mph zones.
“Here in Burngreave and Wensley and Page Hall, we are asking for the least - get roads fixed, lower crime, and no litter.
“This needs to change. The only way to change it is by getting support from the local authorities, working with South Yorkshire Police, stepping up enforcement, giving youths community centres, and asking cross party councillors from Labour together to achieve this.”