Crime Statistics for Fir Vale, Sheffield, Sheffield, 2024

Crime statistics for Fir Vale, Sheffield

There were a total of 406 street level crime incidents in Fir Vale in January 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Anti Social Behaviour.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Fir Vale, 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 CategoryIncidents
Violent Crime175
Anti Social Behaviour51
Criminal Damage Arson28
Drugs26
Public Order26
Vehicle Crime21
Other Theft21
Burglary20
Possession Of Weapons12
Other Crime11
Shoplifting8
Robbery4
Bicycle Theft3
All Crime406

Map of street level crime incidents in January 2024

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

How grim is your Postcode?

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 Fir Vale

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Pitsmoor (0.62 miles)500
Firth Park (0.62 miles)478
Grimesthorpe406
Shiregreen (1.24 miles)406
Fir Vale406
Pismire Hill (0.88 miles)391
Longley Estate (0.88 miles)381
Brightside (0.88 miles)350
Shirecliffe (1.24 miles)335
Carbrook (1.39 miles)197

40.92%
of Burngreave residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Fir Vale?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Firth Park186
Pitsmoor176
Grimesthorpe175
Fir Vale175
Longley Estate161
Pismire Hill158
Shiregreen154
Brightside130
Shirecliffe98
Carbrook61

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

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 Fir Vale 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 Fir Vale compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Fir Vale and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Fir Vale is ranked #3.

#WardScore
1Southey91
2Firth Park90
3Burngreave86
4Park and Arbourthorne83
5Shiregreen and Brightside80
6City75
7Hillsborough70
8Darnall66
9East Ecclesfield62
10Walkley56
11Broomhill and Sharrow Vale52

Which road in Fir Vale has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: January 2024
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