Crime Statistics for Grimesthorpe, Sheffield, Sheffield, 2024

There were a total of 373 street level crime incidents in Grimesthorpe in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Vehicle Crime.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Grimesthorpe, 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	149
Vehicle Crime	46
Anti Social Behaviour	45
Criminal Damage Arson	31
Public Order	26
Other Theft	19
Drugs	17
Burglary	16
Possession Of Weapons	6
Robbery	5
Shoplifting	5
Theft From The Person	4
Other Crime	4
All Crime	373

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 Grimesthorpe. 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 Grimesthorpe

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Pitsmoor (0.62 miles)	539
Firth Park (0.62 miles)	477
Pismire Hill (0.88 miles)	400
Shiregreen (1.24 miles)	392
Grimesthorpe	373
Fir Vale	373
Brightside (0.88 miles)	351
Shirecliffe (1.24 miles)	348
Longley Estate (0.88 miles)	345
Carbrook (1.39 miles)	193

Where are the most violent places near Grimesthorpe?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Firth Park	190
Shiregreen	171
Pitsmoor	166
Pismire Hill	162
Longley Estate	159
Grimesthorpe	149
Fir Vale	149
Brightside	110
Shirecliffe	109
Carbrook	51

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

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 Grimesthorpe 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 Grimesthorpe compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Southey	91
2	Firth Park	90
3	Burngreave	86
4	Park and Arbourthorne	83
5	Shiregreen and Brightside	80
6	City	75
7	Hillsborough	70
8	Darnall	66
9	East Ecclesfield	62
10	Walkley	56
11	Broomhill and Sharrow Vale	52

Which road in Grimesthorpe has the highest level of crime?

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