Total Crime Rate
21.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
18.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Angerford Avenue area has the 8th lowest crime rate of 45 local areas in Gleadless Valley , and the 266th lowest crime rate of 1,697 local areas in Sheffield .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Angerford Avenue (S8 9BG) in the last 12 months was 21.7 per 1,000 residents and was 83.3% lower than the Gleadless Valley average (130.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -40.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 18.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -54.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Angerford Avenue (S8 9BG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Norton Lees Close, where police recorded 80 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Brindley Crescent (23 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Sheffield| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Norton Lees Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Norton Lees Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Norton Lees Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Crawford Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Crawford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Norton Lees Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brindley Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brindley Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brindley Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Norton Lees Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Norton Lees Close | Under investigation |
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