Total Crime Rate

34.8 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

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 34.8 4/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 17.4 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.7 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.7 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

The Lea area has the 35th lowest crime rate of 159 local areas in Beighton , and the 442nd lowest crime rate of 1,705 local areas in Sheffield .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around The Lea (S20 7JE) in the last 12 months was 34.8 per 1,000 residents and was 66.0% lower 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 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 2 cases , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 17.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -25.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around The Lea (S20 7JE), the main crime hotspot is near Purbeck Court. Police recorded 35 crimes here, including 16 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in The Lea area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (22/22)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cleeve Hill Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hill Top Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Ochre Dike Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Thorpe Green Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Deane Field View Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Deane Field View Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Deane Field View Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hawthorn Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hawthorn Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Booth Croft Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Roydfield Drive —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Redfern Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Purbeck Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Purbeck Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Purbeck Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Purbeck Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Purbeck Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Purbeck Court —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Blackdown Avenue —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cleeve Hill Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Redfern Drive —
Sep 2025Drugs Redfern Drive Under investigation
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Data Sources

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