Crime Statistics for Parson Cross, Sheffield, Sheffield, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Parson Cross in August 2024. There were a total of 495 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 Parson Cross, 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	200
Anti Social Behaviour	74
Criminal Damage Arson	57
Public Order	36
Other Theft	25
Other Crime	25
Vehicle Crime	21
Shoplifting	19
Burglary	18
Robbery	8
Drugs	6
Theft From The Person	2
Bicycle Theft	2
Possession Of Weapons	2
All Crime	495

Map of street level crime incidents in August 2024

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

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Firth Park (0.88 miles)	949
Pismire Hill (1.39 miles)	712
Parson Cross	495
Shiregreen (0.62 miles)	463
Fir Vale (1.39 miles)	431
Longley Estate (0.62 miles)	423
Ecclesfield (1.24 miles)	255
Birley Carr (1.24 miles)	232
Birley Edge (1.24 miles)	232
Grenoside (1.39 miles)	139

Where are the most violent places near Parson Cross?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Firth Park	361
Pismire Hill	291
Parson Cross	200
Shiregreen	193
Fir Vale	155
Longley Estate	154
Birley Carr	145
Ecclesfield	125
Birley Edge	94
Grenoside	52

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

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 Parson Cross 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 Parson Cross compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Southey	91
2	Firth Park	90
3	Burngreave	86
4	Shiregreen and Brightside	80
5	City	75
6	Keppel	70
7	Hillsborough	70
8	Darnall	66
9	East Ecclesfield	62
10	West Ecclesfield	58
11	Walkley	56

Which road in Parson Cross has the highest level of crime?

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