Total Crime Rate

156.4 per 1,000 9/10 · Very 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 156.4 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 61.8 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 43.6 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 18.2 9/10
  • Public order 10.9 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.9 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.6 5/10
  • Burglary 3.6 4/10
  • Other theft 3.6 3/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Norton Avenue area has the 9th highest crime rate of 68 local areas in Birley , and the 366th 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 Norton Avenue (S8 8BB) in the last 12 months was 156.4 per 1,000 residents and was 63.1% higher than the Birley average (95.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 72.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 233.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 9.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Norton Avenue (S8 8BB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Sports/Recreation Area, where police recorded 38 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Raeburn Way (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Norton Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (3/3)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Raeburn Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sports/Recreation Area —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sports/Recreation Area —
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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