Total Crime Rate
412.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
123.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Binsted Grove area has the 6th highest crime rate of 63 local areas in Hillsborough , and the 73rd highest crime rate of 1,697 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 Grove (S5 8PD) in the last 12 months was 412.3 per 1,000 residents and was 301.0% higher than the Hillsborough average (102.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 61 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 40 (≈ 123.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 8.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 432.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Binsted Grove (S5 8PD), the main crime hotspot is near Cookson Close. Police recorded 64 crimes here, including 35 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cookson Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cookson Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cookson Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Sports/Recreation Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cookson Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cookson Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cookson Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Cookson Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cookson Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cookson Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Oxspring Bank | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Lamb Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lamb Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lamb Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lamb Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lamb Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Cookson Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cookson Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Binsted Close | Under investigation |
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