Postcode district · Sheffield
Crime in S20
How much crime is recorded in S20, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Council
- Sheffield
- Region
- Yorkshire and The Humber
- Population
- 33,093 (2024)
S20Postcode district · Sheffield
How safe is S20
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 28.0 offences per 1,000 people a year in S20, broadly in line with the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 6 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
6/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
28.0
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
70
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
What crime is recorded
Offences per 1,000 people a year, at-risk population (residents plus people who work here; households for burglary).
S20National
Violence and sexual offences20.823.6
Shoplifting17.78.4
Anti-social behaviour14.210.7
Burglary9.09.1
Criminal damage and arson5.94.7
Public order4.44.6
Vehicle crime3.03.5
Other theft2.74.5
Other crime1.31.5
Drugs1.32.4
Possession of weapons1.00.9
Robbery0.91.4
Bicycle theft0.61.0
Theft from the person0.42.1
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 10% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
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Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.