Crime Statistics for Birley Edge, Sheffield, Sheffield, 2024

There were a total of 252 street level crime incidents in Birley Edge in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Shoplifting.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Birley Edge, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	95
Shoplifting	34
Anti Social Behaviour	31
Public Order	21
Vehicle Crime	17
Criminal Damage Arson	15
Burglary	14
Other Theft	11
Other Crime	5
Drugs	5
Possession Of Weapons	2
Robbery	2
All Crime	252

Map of street level crime incidents in February 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Birley Edge. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.

Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Birley Edge

We've taken the ten nearest places to Birley Edge and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Birley Edge has more crime than other surrounding areas.

Location	Crime Incidents
Firth Park (1.96 miles)	477
Parson Cross (1.24 miles)	473
Shiregreen (1.86 miles)	406
Longley Estate (1.39 miles)	345
Shirecliffe (1.39 miles)	335
Birley Carr	252
Birley Edge	252
Grenoside (0.62 miles)	137
Ecclesfield (1.75 miles)	134
Barnes Hall (1.86 miles)	10

Where are the most violent places near Birley Edge?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Birley Edge and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

Location	Violent Incidents
Firth Park	190
Parson Cross	184
Longley Estate	159
Shiregreen	154
Shirecliffe	98
Birley Carr	95
Birley Edge	95
Grenoside	64
Ecclesfield	53
Barnes Hall	3

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Birley Edge?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Birley Edge to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Birley Edge compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Birley Edge and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Residents in Birley Edge have the highest likelyhood of being a victim of personal crime in the area. The ward with the lowest likelyhood is Stannington.

#	Ward	Score
1	Southey	91
2	Firth Park	90
3	Burngreave	86
4	Shiregreen and Brightside	80
5	Keppel	70
6	Hillsborough	70
7	East Ecclesfield	62
8	West Ecclesfield	58
9	Walkley	56
10	Stocksbridge and Upper Don	52
11	Stannington	51

Which road in Birley Edge has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Birley Edge with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around Rokeby Road.