Total Crime Rate

733.6 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 733.6 10/10
  • Shoplifting 598.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 36.5 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 32.9 10/10
  • Burglary 14.6 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 14.6 8/10
  • Robbery 14.6 10/10
  • Other theft 11.0 8/10
  • Public order 7.3 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 3.7 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Derbyshire Lane area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 147 local areas in Beauchief and Greenhill , and the 23rd 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 Derbyshire Lane (S8 8SE) in the last 12 months was 733.6 per 1,000 residents and was 460.2% 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 Shoplifting with 164 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violence and sexual offences with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 25.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -22.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 384.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Derbyshire Lane (S8 8SE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Norton Lees Close, where police recorded 173 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Brindley Crescent (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Derbyshire Lane area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (8/8)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Norton Lees Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Olivet Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Norton Lees Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Norton Lees Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Nettleham Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Norton Lees Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Norton Lees Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Norton Lees Close Under investigation
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Data Sources

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