Crime Statistics for Parkwood Springs, Sheffield, Sheffield, 2024

There were a total of 390 street level crime incidents in Parkwood Springs 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 Parkwood Springs, 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	105
Vehicle Crime	58
Anti Social Behaviour	52
Criminal Damage Arson	39
Burglary	30
Public Order	28
Other Theft	26
Shoplifting	22
Drugs	10
Possession Of Weapons	6
Other Crime	5
Robbery	5
Bicycle Theft	2
Theft From The Person	2
All Crime	390

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 Parkwood Springs. 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 Parkwood Springs

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Sheffield (1.39 miles)	1102
Burngreave (0.88 miles)	1059
Pitsmoor (1.24 miles)	539
Parkwood Springs	390
Grimesthorpe (1.39 miles)	373
Fir Vale (1.39 miles)	373
Shirecliffe (0.62 miles)	348
Crookesmoor (1.39 miles)	312
Walkley (0.88 miles)	310
Malinbridge (1.24 miles)	215

Where are the most violent places near Parkwood Springs?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Sheffield	331
Burngreave	312
Pitsmoor	166
Grimesthorpe	149
Fir Vale	149
Shirecliffe	109
Parkwood Springs	105
Crookesmoor	84
Walkley	79
Malinbridge	73

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

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 Parkwood Springs 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 Parkwood Springs compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Parkwood Springs and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Parkwood Springs is ranked #6.

#	Ward	Score
1	Firth Park	90
2	Burngreave	86
3	Park and Arbourthorne	83
4	Shiregreen and Brightside	80
5	City	75
6	Hillsborough	70
7	Darnall	66
8	Nether Edge and Sharrow	64
9	Walkley	56
10	Broomhill and Sharrow Vale	52
11	Crookes and Crosspool	29

Which road in Parkwood Springs has the highest level of crime?

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