As with the rest of the UK, in any emergency call 999 or 112 from a land-line if you can and ask for Ambulance, Fire or Police when connected.
Sheffield is home to two of the most notorious council estates in the country, The Manor Estate and Parsons Cross known locally as The Manor and The Cross respectively. Some local people would say to avoid Park Hill and Burnbank/Pitsmoor, but those areas not particularly as bad as suggested, and the average tourist would not go there anyway as there are no attractions there or nearby. There are adequate police patrols at all times of the day, and the town also boasts if this is a matter for boasting an extensive network of CCTV cameras. Although some areas not too far from the centre are undesirable, any central areas or main shopping suburbs will feel perfectly comfortable during the day. After hours, some peripheral parts of the city centre may seem a little quiet and lonely, but any well-lit street with plenty of people about this means in effect the area centred on the Town Hall, between West Street to the north and Arundel Gate to the south will be as safe as any city centre in the UK if the usual precautions are taken.
