Total Crime Rate

90.0 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 90.0 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 55.4 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 20.8 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.9 5/10
  • Burglary 3.5 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.5 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Springwater Avenue area has the 63rd highest crime rate of 159 local areas in Beighton , and the 687th highest crime rate of 1,705 local areas in Sheffield .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Springwater Avenue (S12 4HL) in the last 12 months was 90.0 per 1,000 residents and was 12.0% lower than the Beighton average (102.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -15.8% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 20.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 126.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Springwater Avenue (S12 4HL), the main crime hotspot is near Dyke Vale Way. Police recorded 38 crimes here, including 20 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Springwater Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (7/7)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dyke Vale Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dyke Vale Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Halcyon Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Spring Water Avenue —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Spa View Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cotleigh Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cotleigh Road Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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