Crime Statistics for Ecclesfield, Sheffield, Sheffield, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Ecclesfield in September 2024. There were a total of 296 incidents. 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 Ecclesfield, 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	125
Shoplifting	50
Criminal Damage Arson	26
Anti Social Behaviour	24
Other Theft	20
Vehicle Crime	16
Other Crime	10
Public Order	7
Possession Of Weapons	6
Burglary	6
Drugs	4
Robbery	2
All Crime	296

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 Ecclesfield. 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 Ecclesfield

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Parson Cross (1.24 miles)	479
Shiregreen (1.39 miles)	421
Ecclesfield	255
Birley Carr (1.75 miles)	232
Grenoside (1.39 miles)	127
Lane End (1.24 miles)	86
Chapeltown (1.24 miles)	86
Burncross (1.39 miles)	81
Charltonbrook (1.39 miles)	81
Barnes Hall (1.39 miles)	15

Where are the most violent places near Ecclesfield?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Parson Cross	181
Shiregreen	162
Birley Carr	145
Ecclesfield	125
Grenoside	56
Lane End	39
Chapeltown	39
Burncross	38
Charltonbrook	38
Barnes Hall	6

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

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 Ecclesfield 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 Ecclesfield compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Ecclesfield and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Residents in Ecclesfield have the highest likelyhood of being a victim of personal crime in the area. The ward with the lowest likelyhood is Stocksbridge and Upper Don.

#	Ward	Score
1	Southey	91
2	Firth Park	90
3	Wingfield	86
4	Burngreave	86
5	Shiregreen and Brightside	80
6	Keppel	70
7	Hillsborough	70
8	Hoober	64
9	East Ecclesfield	62
10	West Ecclesfield	58
11	Stocksbridge and Upper Don	52

Which road in Ecclesfield has the highest level of crime?

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