Crime Statistics for Brightside, Sheffield, Sheffield, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Brightside in September 2024. There were a total of 500 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Criminal Damage Arson.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Brightside, 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	172
Criminal Damage Arson	55
Anti Social Behaviour	53
Public Order	51
Other Theft	39
Vehicle Crime	37
Shoplifting	27
Drugs	27
Burglary	12
Other Crime	11
Theft From The Person	8
Possession Of Weapons	5
Robbery	3
All Crime	500

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 Brightside. 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 Brightside

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Burngreave (1.39 miles)	1049
Grimesthorpe (0.88 miles)	721
Pitsmoor (0.62 miles)	483
Fir Vale (0.88 miles)	445
Attercliffe (0.62 miles)	415
Pismire Hill (1.24 miles)	411
Brightside	366
Tinsley (1.39 miles)	266
Greenland (1.39 miles)	190
Carbrook (0.62 miles)	152

Where are the most violent places near Brightside?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Grimesthorpe	335
Burngreave	334
Pitsmoor	261
Fir Vale	180
Brightside	172
Pismire Hill	160
Attercliffe	117
Tinsley	69
Greenland	62
Carbrook	49

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

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 Brightside 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 Brightside compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Brightside and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Brightside is ranked #2.

#	Ward	Score
1	Firth Park	90
2	Burngreave	86
3	Park and Arbourthorne	83
4	Richmond	81
5	Manor Castle	80
6	Shiregreen and Brightside	80
7	City	75
8	Hillsborough	70
9	Darnall	66
10	Walkley	56
11	Broomhill and Sharrow Vale	52

Which road in Brightside has the highest level of crime?

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