Total Crime Rate
151.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Eastcroft View area has the 27th highest crime rate of 159 local areas in Beighton , and the 384th highest crime rate of 1,705 local areas in Sheffield .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Eastcroft View (S20 8JH) in the last 12 months was 151.0 per 1,000 residents and was 47.7% 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 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 77.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -34.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Eastcroft View (S20 8JH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Westfield Centre, where police recorded 63 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Shortbrook Way (25 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Beighton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Westfield Centre | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Shortbrook Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Westfield Centre | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Garland Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Westfield Centre | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Westfield Centre | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Shortbrook Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shortbrook Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shortbrook Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Westfield Centre | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Eastcroft Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Shortbrook Bank | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Westfield Centre | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Westfield Centre | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Waterthorpe Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Waterthorpe Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Garland Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Westfield Centre | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Westfield Centre | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Shortbrook Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Westfield Centre | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Challoner Green | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shortbrook Drive | Under investigation |
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