Postcode · Sheffield
Crime in S8 8BL
How much crime is recorded in S8 8BL, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Norton & Norton Lees
- Council
- Sheffield
- Region
- Yorkshire and The Humber
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,510 (2024)
S8 8BLSheffield
How safe is S8 8BL
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 26.2 offences per 1,000 people a year in the S8 8BL area, below 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
26.2
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
95
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).
S8 8BLNational
Shoplifting33.18.4
Violence and sexual offences15.323.6
Anti-social behaviour14.410.7
Burglary10.49.1
Criminal damage and arson7.54.7
Other theft5.84.5
Vehicle crime5.63.5
Public order3.94.6
Other crime2.21.5
Drugs1.32.4
Robbery1.01.4
Possession of weapons0.60.9
Higher-harm crime over time
The rate has been broadly flat since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
20
40
60
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.