Crime Statistics for Burncross, Sheffield, Sheffield, 2024

There were a total of 105 street level crime incidents in Burncross 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 Burncross, 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	33
Shoplifting	17
Anti Social Behaviour	15
Other Theft	9
Public Order	8
Vehicle Crime	7
Criminal Damage Arson	5
Other Crime	4
Burglary	3
Possession Of Weapons	2
Robbery	1
Drugs	1
All Crime	105

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 Burncross. 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 Burncross

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Warren (0.88 miles)	127
Mortomley (0.62 miles)	126
Chapeltown (0.62 miles)	108
Burncross	105
Charltonbrook	105
Lane End (0.62 miles)	102
Hood Hill (1.39 miles)	75
Potter Hill (0.88 miles)	50
High Green (0.88 miles)	50
Barnes Hall (0.88 miles)	10

Where are the most violent places near Burncross?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Warren	39
Mortomley	37
Chapeltown	34
Burncross	33
Charltonbrook	33
Lane End	24
Hood Hill	24
Potter Hill	20
High Green	20
Barnes Hall	3

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

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 Burncross 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 Burncross compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Burncross and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Burncross is ranked #9.

#	Ward	Score
1	Southey	91
2	Firth Park	90
3	Wingfield	86
4	Shiregreen and Brightside	80
5	Keppel	70
6	Rockingham	66
7	Hoober	64
8	East Ecclesfield	62
9	West Ecclesfield	58
10	Stocksbridge and Upper Don	52
11	Penistone East	51

Which road in Burncross has the highest level of crime?

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