Total Crime Rate

262.7 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 262.7 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 127.1 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 50.9 10/10
  • Burglary 25.4 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 17.0 9/10
  • Drugs 8.5 8/10
  • Other theft 8.5 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 8.5 9/10
  • Public order 8.5 7/10
  • Robbery 8.5 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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

Cypress Avenue area has the 12th highest crime rate of 147 local areas in Beauchief and Greenhill , and the 163rd 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 Cypress Avenue (S8 8BN) in the last 12 months was 262.7 per 1,000 residents and was 100.6% higher than the Beauchief and Greenhill average (131.0 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 Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 152.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 125.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 187.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cypress Avenue (S8 8BN), the main crime hotspot is near Cypress Avenue. Police recorded 22 crimes here, including 16 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Cypress Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (5/5)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cypress Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cypress Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Matthews Fold Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cinderhill Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Henley Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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