Crime Statistics for Shirecliffe, Sheffield, Sheffield, 2024

Crime statistics for Shirecliffe, Sheffield

There were a total of 335 street level crime incidents in Shirecliffe in January 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 Shirecliffe, 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 Crime98
Shoplifting44
Anti Social Behaviour40
Vehicle Crime34
Public Order30
Criminal Damage Arson29
Other Theft23
Burglary16
Other Crime7
Drugs7
Possession Of Weapons3
Robbery3
Theft From The Person1
All Crime335

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 Shirecliffe. 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 Shirecliffe

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Burngreave (1.39 miles)1068
Pitsmoor (1.39 miles)500
Firth Park (1.39 miles)478
Grimesthorpe (1.24 miles)406
Fir Vale (1.24 miles)406
Longley Estate (0.88 miles)381
Parkwood Springs (0.62 miles)369
Shirecliffe335
Walkley (1.39 miles)310
Malinbridge (1.39 miles)227

8.47%
of Hillsborough residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Shirecliffe?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Burngreave301
Firth Park186
Pitsmoor176
Grimesthorpe175
Fir Vale175
Longley Estate161
Parkwood Springs99
Shirecliffe98
Walkley79
Malinbridge60

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

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 Shirecliffe 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 Shirecliffe compare to surrounding wards?

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

#WardScore
1Southey91
2Firth Park90
3Burngreave86
4Shiregreen and Brightside80
5City75
6Hillsborough70
7Darnall66
8West Ecclesfield58
9Walkley56
10Broomhill and Sharrow Vale52
11Crookes and Crosspool29

Which road in Shirecliffe has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: January 2024
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