Total Crime Rate
498.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Binsted Gardens area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 63 local areas in Hillsborough , and the 51st highest crime rate of 1,705 local areas in Sheffield .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Binsted Gardens (S5 8NU) in the last 12 months was 498.5 per 1,000 residents and was 387.8% higher than the Hillsborough average (102.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 82 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 38 (≈ 116.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 40.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 640.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Binsted Gardens (S5 8NU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 102 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Lamb Drive (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Hillsborough| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Oxspring Bank | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Lamb Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Lamb Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Lamb Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Binsted Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lamb Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lamb Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Kilner Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Kilner Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Kilner Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lamb Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Binsted Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Binsted Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Binsted Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Oxspring Bank | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Binsted Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Oxspring Bank | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Lamb Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Binsted Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Oxspring Bank | Under investigation |
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