Crime Rates at Lingfoot Drive, Sheffield, S8 8DF

Lingfoot Drive area has the 32nd highest crime rate of 147 local areas in Beauchief and Greenhill , and the 457th highest crime rate of 1,697 local areas in Sheffield .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Lingfoot Drive (S8 8DF) in the last 12 months was 130.4 per 1,000 residents and was 3.4% 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 Violence and sexual offences with 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 28 (≈ 76.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -54.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lingfoot Drive (S8 8DF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Dyche Close, where police recorded 46 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Lingfoot Avenue (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.