Crime Rates at Low Edges Drive, Sheffield, S8 7LS

Low Edges Drive area has the 37th highest crime rate of 147 local areas in Beauchief and Greenhill , and the 542nd highest crime rate of 1,697 local areas in Sheffield .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Low Edges Drive (S8 7LS) in the last 12 months was 112.6 per 1,000 residents and was 10.7% lower than the Beauchief and Greenhill average (126.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 69.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -15.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -69.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Low Edges Drive (S8 7LS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Toppham Way, where police recorded 90 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Lowedges Place (48 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.