Total Crime Rate

68.7 per 1,000 6/10 · Average

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

30.0 per 1,000 6/10 · Average

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 68.7 6/10
  • Violent crimes 30.0 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 25.8 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 12.9 6/10
  • Burglary 8.6 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.6 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.3 4/10
  • Other crime 4.3 6/10
  • Public order 4.3 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Platts Drive area has the 79th lowest crime rate of 159 local areas in Beighton , and the 847th lowest crime rate of 1,697 local areas in Sheffield .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Platts Drive (S20 1FD) in the last 12 months was 68.7 per 1,000 residents and was 34.9% lower than the Beighton average (105.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2025, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 30.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -65.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Platts Drive (S20 1FD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Ivy Lane, where police recorded 30 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Newbould Crescent (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Platts Drive area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (13/13)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Public order Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Grange Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Rosemary Road —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sothall Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sothall Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Cairns Road —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bus/Coach Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bus/Coach Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Rothervale Close —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Rothervale Close —
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Data Sources

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