Total Crime Rate
390.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
134.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Normancroft Drive area has the 8th highest crime rate of 157 local areas in Darnall , and the 79th 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 Normancroft Drive (S2 1DQ) in the last 12 months was 390.2 per 1,000 residents and was 116.7% higher than the Darnall average (180.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 35 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 44 (≈ 134.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -75.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Normancroft Drive (S2 1DQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Sheffield Parkway Services, where police recorded 52 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Dawlands Close (23 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Sheffield| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Normancroft Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Vikinglea Glade | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Angleton Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Castledale Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Castledale Croft | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Castlebeck Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Castlebeck Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Prince Of Wales Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Prince Of Wales Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Prince Of Wales Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Prince Of Wales Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Prince Of Wales Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Danebrook Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Vikinglea Glade | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Vikinglea Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dawlands Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Angleton Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Angleton Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Angleton Gardens | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Angleton Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Angleton Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Angleton Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Angleton Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Vikinglea Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Vikinglea Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vikinglea Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Sheffield Parkway Services | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Sheffield Parkway Services | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dawlands Close | — |
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