Total Crime Rate

153.3 per 1,000 9/10 · Very 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 153.3 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 80.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 19.2 7/10
  • Burglary 15.3 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 15.3 8/10
  • Other theft 7.7 7/10
  • Other crime 3.8 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.8 6/10
  • Public order 3.8 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.8 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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

Knowle Top area has the 26th highest crime rate of 159 local areas in Beighton , and the 377th 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 Knowle Top (S20 4TE) in the last 12 months was 153.3 per 1,000 residents and was 49.9% higher than the Beighton average (102.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 88.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -17.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 25.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Knowle Top (S20 4TE), the main crime hotspot is near Streetfields. Police recorded 24 crimes here, including 15 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Knowle Top area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (13/13)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Halfway Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Garland Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Streetfields Local resolution
Sep 2025Shoplifting Streetfields Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Streetfields Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Streetfields Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Auckland Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wasdale Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Halfway Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Westcroft Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Garland Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Horton Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Plantin Under investigation
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Data Sources

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