Crime Statistics for Shirecliffe, Sheffield, Sheffield, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Shirecliffe in September 2024. There were a total of 770 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 Shirecliffe, 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	256
Anti Social Behaviour	120
Shoplifting	80
Public Order	66
Burglary	56
Vehicle Crime	46
Criminal Damage Arson	44
Other Theft	42
Drugs	24
Other Crime	16
Possession Of Weapons	12
Theft From The Person	4
Robbery	2
Bicycle Theft	2
All Crime	770

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 Shirecliffe. 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 Shirecliffe

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Burngreave (1.39 miles)	1049
Shirecliffe	768
Grimesthorpe (1.24 miles)	721
Firth Park (1.39 miles)	565
Pitsmoor (1.39 miles)	483
Fir Vale (1.24 miles)	445
Longley Estate (0.88 miles)	429
Parkwood Springs (0.62 miles)	349
Walkley (1.39 miles)	290
Malinbridge (1.39 miles)	180

Where are the most violent places near Shirecliffe?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Shirecliffe 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
Shirecliffe	256
Firth Park	208
Fir Vale	180
Longley Estate	158
Parkwood Springs	112
Walkley	80
Malinbridge	62

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

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 Shirecliffe 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 Shirecliffe compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Shirecliffe and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Shirecliffe is ranked #6.

#	Ward	Score
1	Southey	91
2	Firth Park	90
3	Burngreave	86
4	Shiregreen and Brightside	80
5	City	75
6	Hillsborough	70
7	Darnall	66
8	West Ecclesfield	58
9	Walkley	56
10	Broomhill and Sharrow Vale	52
11	Crookes and Crosspool	29

Which road in Shirecliffe has the highest level of crime?

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