Total Crime Rate
186.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
88.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Spotswood Place area has the 38th highest crime rate of 120 local areas in City , and the 282nd highest crime rate of 1,697 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 Spotswood Place (S14 1LE) in the last 12 months was 186.5 per 1,000 residents and was 40.7% lower than the City average (314.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 29 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -85.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 34 (≈ 88.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -64.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Spotswood Place (S14 1LE), the main crime hotspot is near Gaunt Way. Police recorded 96 crimes here, including 52 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Sheffield| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gaunt Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Farmstead Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Overend Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Overend Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Overend Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Overend Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Overend Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Overend Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Spotswood Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Spotswood Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Spotswood Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Middle Hay View | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Middle Hay View | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Middle Hay View | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Gaunt Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gaunt Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Middle Hay View | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Plowright Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Middle Hay Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gaunt Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gaunt Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gaunt Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Plowright Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Spotswood Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Plowright Drive | — |
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