Total Crime Rate

108.4 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 108.4 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 24.8 8/10
  • Public order 21.7 9/10
  • Shoplifting 21.7 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 21.7 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.3 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.2 6/10
  • Theft from the person 3.1 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Abbey Lane area has the 41st highest crime rate of 147 local areas in Beauchief and Greenhill , and the 567th highest crime rate of 1,705 local areas in Sheffield .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Abbey Lane (S8 0BN) in the last 12 months was 108.4 per 1,000 residents and was 17.3% lower than the Beauchief and Greenhill average (131.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 133.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 43.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -55.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Abbey Lane (S8 0BN), the main crime hotspot is near Greenhill Road. Police recorded 32 crimes here, including 13 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Abbey Lane area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Greenhill Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Greenhill Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Greenhill Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Holmhirst Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Abbey Brook Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Abbey Brook Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Greenhill Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Linden Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Linden Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Marshall Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Harbord Road
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Bromwich Road Under investigation

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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