Total Crime Rate

230.3 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 230.3 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 115.1 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 42.8 10/10
  • Public order 19.7 9/10
  • Burglary 16.5 10/10
  • Drugs 13.2 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 9.9 5/10
  • Other theft 6.6 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.3 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.3 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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

Bowshaw View area has the 14th highest crime rate of 147 local areas in Beauchief and Greenhill , and the 193rd highest crime rate of 1,705 local areas in Sheffield .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Bowshaw View (S8 8FE) in the last 12 months was 230.3 per 1,000 residents and was 75.8% 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 35 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -76.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 42 (≈ 138.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 27.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bowshaw View (S8 8FE), the main crime hotspot is near Chesterfield Road South. Police recorded 115 crimes here, including 54 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Bowshaw View area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Batemoor Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Batemoor Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Chesterfield Road South Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chesterfield Road South Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chesterfield Road South Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Chesterfield Road South Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Chesterfield Road South —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bowshaw View Local resolution
Sep 2025Other theft Bowshaw View Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Bowshaw View Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Bowshaw View Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Batemoor Road —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Batemoor Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bowshaw Avenue —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bowshaw Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bowshaw Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Whinacre Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Chesterfield Road South Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chesterfield Road South Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Batemoor Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Whinacre Place —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Whinacre Close —
Sep 2025Public order Bowshaw Close Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Whinacre Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Bowshaw Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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