Postcode · Sheffield
Crime in S8 8GN
How much crime is recorded in S8 8GN, 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
- 1,735 (2024)
S8 8GNSheffield
How safe is S8 8GN
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 27.1 offences per 1,000 people a year in the S8 8GN 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
27.1
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
44
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 8GNNational
Burglary18.29.1
Violence and sexual offences13.923.6
Anti-social behaviour7.110.7
Vehicle crime5.53.5
Criminal damage and arson3.34.7
Public order3.04.6
Other theft1.74.5
Robbery1.01.4
Theft from the person0.92.1
Drugs0.52.4
Shoplifting0.38.4
Higher-harm crime over time
The rate has been broadly flat 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.