Total Crime Rate
233.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
145.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Garland Croft area has the 11th highest crime rate of 159 local areas in Beighton , and the 184th 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 Garland Croft (S20 8JA) in the last 12 months was 233.9 per 1,000 residents and was 121.9% higher 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 36 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Other crime ( -71.4% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 43 (≈ 145.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -50.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Garland Croft (S20 8JA), the main crime hotspot is near Westfield Centre. Police recorded 49 crimes here, including 29 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 | Criminal damage and arson | Halfway Gardens | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Knowle Top | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Halfway Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Halfway Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Birchwood Croft | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park View Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Norgreave Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shortbrook Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Plantin Rise | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Westfield Centre | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Westfield Centre | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Halfway Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Westfield Centre | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Westcroft Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Westfield Centre | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Knowle Top | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Westfield Centre | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Halfway Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cowley Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Birchwood Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eastcroft View | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cowley Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cowley Gardens | Under investigation |
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