Total Crime Rate
329.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025High View area has the 15th highest crime rate of 125 local areas in Burngreave , and the 110th 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 High View (S5 8YE) in the last 12 months was 329.1 per 1,000 residents and was 83.8% higher than the Burngreave average (179.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 32 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 228.6% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 53 (≈ 169.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 55.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -45.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around High View (S5 8YE), the main crime hotspot is near High View. Police recorded 78 crimes here, including 45 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Burngreave| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shirecliffe Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | High View | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Firshill Rise | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Firshill Rise | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shirecliffe Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | High View | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | High View | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | High View | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | High View | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | High View | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | High View | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | High View | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | High View | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Firshill Glade | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | High View | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | High View | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | High View | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | High View | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | High View | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | High View | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Firshill Croft | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Firshill Crescent | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Cooks Wood Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Firshill Glade | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Firshill Rise | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Firshill Glade | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Standish Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Standish Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Standish Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Roe Lane | Under investigation |
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