Total Crime Rate

108.1 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 108.1 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 47.3 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 16.9 9/10
  • Other crime 10.1 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.8 4/10
  • Drugs 6.8 7/10
  • Public order 6.8 6/10
  • Robbery 6.8 8/10
  • Burglary 3.4 3/10
  • Other theft 3.4 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Shortbrook Close area has the 46th highest crime rate of 159 local areas in Beighton , and the 569th highest crime rate of 1,705 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 Shortbrook Close (S20 8LE) in the last 12 months was 108.1 per 1,000 residents and was 5.7% 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 Burglary with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 60.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 13.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Shortbrook Close (S20 8LE), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Shortbrook Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Challoner Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Westfield Centre Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shortbrook Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Inkersall Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Inkersall Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Inkersall Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Shortbrook Bank Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Westfield Centre —
Sep 2025Public order Westfield Centre Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Westfield Centre Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Westfield Centre Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Westfield Centre Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Cowley Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Westfield Centre Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Westfield Centre Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Westfield Centre Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shortbrook Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Shortbrook Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Shortbrook Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shortbrook Close —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Eastcroft Close —
Sep 2025Public order Waterthorpe Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Waterthorpe Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Shortbrook Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Westfield Centre Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Waterthorpe Rise Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Waterfield Mews —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Challoner Green Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Garland Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Waterfield Mews —

Data Sources

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