Total Crime Rate
1385.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
468.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026St James Retail Park area has the highest crime rate of 147 local areas in Beauchief and Greenhill , and the 8th highest crime rate of 1,697 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 St James Retail Park (S8 8BS) in the last 12 months was 1385.8 per 1,000 residents and was 999.1% higher than the Beauchief and Greenhill average (126.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 91 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 2 cases , down -60.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -60.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 119 (≈ 468.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( -1.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -34.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around St James Retail Park (S8 8BS), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 195 crimes here, including 55 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Sheffield| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Dyche Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ormond Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Dyche Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dyche Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ormond Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ormond Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bochum Parkway | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Bochum Parkway | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bochum Parkway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ormond Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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