Total Crime Rate
227.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Four Wells Drive area has the 13th highest crime rate of 159 local areas in Beighton , and the 196th highest crime rate of 1,705 local areas in Sheffield .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Four Wells Drive (S12 4JB) in the last 12 months was 227.0 per 1,000 residents and was 122.0% higher 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 Criminal damage and arson ( 500.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 70.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 116.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -46.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Four Wells Drive (S12 4JB), the main crime hotspot is near Four Wells Drive. Police recorded 39 crimes here, including 10 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Beighton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Carr Forge Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Main Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Four Wells Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Four Wells Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Main Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Carr Forge Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cotleigh Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cotleigh Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Carr Forge Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Carr Forge Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Carter Lodge Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Brookside Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hanley Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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