Crime Statistics for Handsworth, Sheffield, Sheffield, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Handsworth in October 2024. There were a total of 502 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 Handsworth, 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	184
Anti Social Behaviour	100
Criminal Damage Arson	50
Public Order	48
Vehicle Crime	30
Burglary	26
Other Theft	20
Other Crime	18
Drugs	16
Shoplifting	4
Robbery	2
Bicycle Theft	2
Possession Of Weapons	2
All Crime	502

Map of street level crime incidents in October 2024

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

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Manor Estate (1.39 miles)	631
Manor Park (1.86 miles)	551
Intake (1.75 miles)	532
Coisley Hill (1.39 miles)	509
Arbourthorne (1.96 miles)	508
Handsworth	475
Greenland (1.39 miles)	440
Hollins End (1.39 miles)	327
Birley (1.87 miles)	175
Catcliffe (1.76 miles)	68

Where are the most violent places near Handsworth?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Greenland	281
Manor Estate	229
Intake	215
Handsworth	184
Coisley Hill	177
Manor Park	164
Arbourthorne	155
Hollins End	94
Birley	57
Catcliffe	24

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

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 Handsworth 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 Handsworth compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Handsworth and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Handsworth is ranked #4.

#	Ward	Score
1	Park and Arbourthorne	83
2	Richmond	81
3	Woodhouse	80
4	Manor Castle	80
5	City	75
6	Birley	73
7	Darnall	66
8	Rother Vale	66
9	Mosborough	48
10	Beighton	45
11	Ridgeway & Marsh Lane	28

Which road in Handsworth has the highest level of crime?

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