Crime Statistics for Potter Hill, Sheffield, Sheffield, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Potter Hill in September 2024. There were a total of 58 incidents. 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 Potter Hill, 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	25
Anti Social Behaviour	7
Criminal Damage Arson	5
Burglary	4
Drugs	3
Vehicle Crime	3
Public Order	3
Shoplifting	3
Possession Of Weapons	2
Other Theft	2
Robbery	1
All Crime	58

Map of street level crime incidents in September 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Potter Hill. 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 Potter Hill

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Warren (1.24 miles)	99
Mortomley (0.62 miles)	96
Chapeltown (1.39 miles)	86
Burncross (0.88 miles)	81
Charltonbrook (0.88 miles)	81
Potter Hill	58
High Green	58
Barnes Hall (1.24 miles)	15
Bromley (0.88 miles)	15
Cundy Hos (1.24 miles)	0

Where are the most violent places near Potter Hill?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Warren	41
Mortomley	39
Chapeltown	39
Burncross	38
Charltonbrook	38
Potter Hill	25
High Green	25
Barnes Hall	6
Bromley	4
Cundy Hos	0

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

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 Potter Hill 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 Potter Hill compare to surrounding wards?

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

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

Which road in Potter Hill has the highest level of crime?

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