South Yorkshire Crime Statistics
Last updated: 07 Jun 2026
The overall crime rate in South Yorkshire as of April 2026 is 87 crimes per 1,000 people, and the most common crimes are violence and sexual offences, with reports coming from roughly every 36 out of 1,000 daytime population.
Comparing South Yorkshire's larger towns and cities, and using Crime Risk Scores - which are calculated by taking severity of each crime type into account - Rotherham is the most dangerous. The next most dangerous is Doncaster, and Barnsley comes in as third most dangerous. There are safer parts of South Yorkshire, identified using the same Crime Risk measurement, starting with Sheffield which ranks as the safest area in South Yorkshire.
South Yorkshire Crime Map
Incidents mapped in South Yorkshire represent the time frame between January 2016 and April 2026. Each point on the map represents an area where crimes have been recorded locally.
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Introduction to South Yorkshire's crime statistics
This crime profile provides a detailed view of crime and safety around South Yorkshire up to April 2026, the most recent data release available. The crime figures and statistics have been calculated across each of South Yorkshire's 52,866 postcodes using three area sizes for comparison:
- Within a Five-Minute Walk
- Within a Ten-Minute Walk
- Within a Fifteen-Minute Walk
Individual crime risk scores and index figures are for the 12-month period ending April 2026 unless otherwise stated.
Crime Risk Scores
South Yorkshire • 12 Months Ending April 2026
The typical five-minute walk within South Yorkshire has a crime risk score of 590. This is based on analysis of 52,866 nearby areas within South Yorkshire, with "most" referring to roughly two thirds of the nearby locations.
Crime risk scores are on a scale of 1 to 1,000 and consider the severity of the crimes involved, as determined by sentencing guidelines. A score of 1 represents the lowest risk, and 1,000 the highest risk. This approach ensures that - unlike overall crime rate figures - bicycle theft is not given the same importance in South Yorkshire's risk scores as, for example, robbery, or violence & sexual offences.
Within a five-minute walk of the typical location in South Yorkshire, crime risk scores are typically around 590, while in Yorkshire and The Humber they are average 557.
Areas within a ten-minute walk typically see crime risk scores of 621 (551 for Yorkshire and The Humber), and scores within a fifteen-minute walk are most often around 651 (Yorkshire and The Humber 551).
Trends in Crime Risk
South Yorkshire
Calculated via Seasonal and Trend decomposition using Loess, the Seasonality Adjusted line represents the original data with seasonality subtracted, and the Trend line has been plotted unadjusted. Overall trend direction has been identified using the Mann-Kendall trend test, and rate calculated from the slope of the best-fit line identified from linear regression.
The 10-year trend indicates a decrease of 29% in South Yorkshire's crime risk score. This is potentially a strong signal of how the crime risk is evolving. Cross-referencing with major cultural events and Covid's impact during this time is advised.
Looking at the previous five years, the trend in South Yorkshire's crime risk score is down by 1.4%. While potentially a good indicator of the overall risk trend, analysis may offer further insight when combined with the checks mentioned above.
Over the last year, South Yorkshire's crime risk score has shown an upward trend of approximately 4.5%, indicating that the risk profile is going up. This is an extremely short time period for crime trend analysis, and caution should be exercised when interpreting this figure.
Crime Rates and Indexes
South Yorkshire
The CrimeRate Index shows how crime rates compare against the national average.
1.0 equals the average
2.0 is double
3.0 triple
0.5 is half and
0.25 a quarter.
Highest Crime Rates
South Yorkshire • 12 Months Ending April 2026
Excluding other crime and other theft because their geographic location is often not relevant, anti-social behaviour as its definition is too wide, and bicycle theft for its specificity.
Burglary offences have a crime rate of 4.62 reports per 1,000 people in South Yorkshire, which is 1.48 times the national average. This figure is calculated from 7,325 crime reports logged by South Yorkshire Police during the 12-month period ending April 2026.
For the same period, South Yorkshire Police recorded 9,918 reports of Vehicle Crime in South Yorkshire, resulting in a crime rate of 6.27 reports per 1,000, and a CrimeRate Index of 1.46.
The crime rate for Possession of Weapons is 1.38 times the national average at 1.17 reports per 1,000. This is from 1,857 crime reports reported to South Yorkshire Police.
Most Significant 3-Year Increases in Crime Types
South Yorkshire
Excluding other crime and other theft, anti-social behaviour, and bicycle theft, and calculated with the same STL method described in Trends in Crime Risk, using CrimeRate Index figures to identify crime types that are trending above or below the national average, and the analysis timeframe limited to the last three years.
Vehicle Crime offences are trending upwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 1.26 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Vehicle Crime CrimeRate Index was 1.41 times the national average, and the current trend indicates an increase of 11% over this timeframe.
Most Significant 3-Year Decreases in Crime Types
South Yorkshire
Calculated with the same methodology as the largest increases section above.
Public Order offences are trending downwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 1.27 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Public Order CrimeRate Index was 1.61 times the national average, and the current trend indicates a decrease of 21% over this timeframe.
Possession of Weapons offences are trending downwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 1.29 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Possession of Weapons CrimeRate Index was 1.71 times the national average, and the current trend indicates a decrease of 25% over this timeframe.
Burglary offences are trending downwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 1.46 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Burglary CrimeRate Index was 2.13 times the national average, and the current trend indicates a decrease of 31% over this timeframe.
Crime Type Breakdown & Heat Map
South Yorkshire • 12 Months Ending April 2026
Size and colour reflect the CrimeRate Index figures for each type of crime.
South Yorkshire | Yorkshire and The Humber | South Yorkshire Police | |||||||
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| Crime Type | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index |
| Anti-Social Behaviour | 26,700 | 16.86 | 1.19 | 77,875 | 12.35 | 0.87 | 26,730 | 16.86 | 1.19 |
| Bicycle Theft | 795 | 0.50 | 0.68 | 4,306 | 0.68 | 0.93 | 795 | 0.50 | 0.68 |
| Burglary | 7,325 | 4.62 | 1.48 | 27,843 | 4.41 | 1.41 | 7,332 | 4.62 | 1.48 |
| Criminal Damage and Arson | 13,544 | 8.55 | 1.36 | 47,570 | 7.55 | 1.20 | 13,555 | 8.56 | 1.36 |
| Drugs | 4,941 | 3.12 | 1.01 | 19,757 | 3.14 | 1.02 | 4,944 | 3.13 | 1.01 |
| Other Crime | 5,189 | 3.30 | 1.78 | 18,290 | 2.91 | 1.57 | 5,191 | 3.29 | 1.78 |
| Other Theft | 8,713 | 5.49 | 0.96 | 36,443 | 5.78 | 1.02 | 8,720 | 5.49 | 0.96 |
| Possession of Weapons | 1,857 | 1.17 | 1.38 | 5,827 | 0.93 | 1.09 | 1,857 | 1.17 | 1.38 |
| Public Order | 11,818 | 7.46 | 1.29 | 47,514 | 7.55 | 1.30 | 11,825 | 7.46 | 1.29 |
| Robbery | 2,064 | 1.30 | 1.10 | 7,156 | 1.13 | 0.96 | 2,065 | 1.30 | 1.10 |
| Shoplifting | 13,959 | 8.83 | 1.24 | 48,695 | 7.71 | 1.08 | 13,959 | 8.81 | 1.24 |
| Theft From the Person | 874 | 0.53 | 0.34 | 3,568 | 0.57 | 0.37 | 874 | 0.53 | 0.34 |
| Vehicle Crime | 9,918 | 6.27 | 1.46 | 30,637 | 4.87 | 1.13 | 9,927 | 6.28 | 1.46 |
| Violence and Sexual Offences | 56,798 | 35.86 | 1.18 | 239,898 | 38.04 | 1.25 | 56,825 | 35.84 | 1.18 |
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Total Crime by Year
South Yorkshire | Yorkshire and The Humber | South Yorkshire Police | |||||||
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| Year | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index |
| 2026 | 137,795 | 87.00 | 1.21 | 537,504 | 85.27 | 1.18 | 137,869 | 86.98 | 1.21 |
| 2025 | 142,062 | 90.64 | 1.22 | 553,826 | 88.44 | 1.19 | 142,122 | 90.60 | 1.22 |
| 2024 | 147,112 | 95.02 | 1.26 | 576,330 | 93.00 | 1.23 | 147,192 | 94.94 | 1.26 |
| 2023 | 154,648 | 101.06 | 1.28 | 611,034 | 99.55 | 1.26 | 154,738 | 101.01 | 1.28 |
| 2022 | 145,166 | 96.23 | 1.25 | 574,808 | 94.84 | 1.23 | 145,242 | 96.14 | 1.25 |
| 2021 | 128,797 | 85.77 | 1.25 | 501,180 | 83.02 | 1.21 | 128,860 | 85.78 | 1.25 |
| 2020 | 138,295 | 92.12 | 1.24 | 549,148 | 91.15 | 1.23 | 138,385 | 92.08 | 1.24 |
| 2019 | 139,154 | 92.74 | 1.22 | 568,297 | 94.66 | 1.24 | 139,223 | 92.74 | 1.22 |
| 2018 | 135,249 | 90.22 | 1.27 | 514,090 | 85.73 | 1.21 | 135,327 | 90.23 | 1.27 |
| 2017 | 115,638 | 77.26 | 1.21 | 456,998 | 76.46 | 1.20 | 115,677 | 77.25 | 1.21 |
| 2016 | 30,755 | 20.56 | 1.08 | 133,274 | 22.31 | 1.17 | 30,764 | 20.54 | 1.08 |
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The South Yorkshire Streets With The Highest Crime Counts
Each police crime report that CrimeRate receives has a street name automatically assigned to it by the police data team, and this table uses the coordinates to count crimes, rather than the street name alone. That way, if South Yorkshire has multiple identical street names - which is not unusual - they will be treated separately by CrimeRate's systems.
| Street | Crime Count | ||||||||
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| East Parade Sheffield | 148 | ||||||||
| Nightclub Barnsley | 138 | ||||||||
| Henry Street Rotherham | 133 | ||||||||
| Petrol Station Rawmarsh | 132 | ||||||||
| Nightclub Doncaster | 132 | ||||||||
| Hampden Crescent Hatfield | 79 | ||||||||
| Fairways Wickersley | 63 | ||||||||
| Newcomen Road Sprotbrough and Cusworth | 48 | ||||||||
| Newcomen Road Bentley | 48 | ||||||||
| Sunnyside Close North and South Anston | 46 | ||||||||
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Town and City Comparison
| Town / City | Crime Count | Crime Rate | CrimeRate Index | ||||||
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| Doncaster | 19,883 | 132.30 | 1.84 | ||||||
| Bentley | 1,729 | 131.13 | 1.86 | ||||||
| Rawmarsh | 2,347 | 122.04 | 1.73 | ||||||
| Mexborough | 1,946 | 116.88 | 1.68 | ||||||
| Edlington | 1,052 | 116.17 | 1.67 | ||||||
| Worsbrough | 920 | 108.19 | 1.64 | ||||||
| Adwick le Street | 1,964 | 108.14 | 1.56 | ||||||
| Rotherham | 15,513 | 101.25 | 1.41 | ||||||
| Hatfield | 1,804 | 98.83 | 1.43 | ||||||
| Dalton | 1,067 | 97.61 | 1.41 | ||||||
| Dinnington St. John's | 987 | 92.29 | 1.38 | ||||||
| Conisbrough | 1,017 | 92.21 | 1.39 | ||||||
| Thurnscoe | 907 | 90.84 | 1.33 | ||||||
| Barnsley | 20,955 | 90.32 | 1.25 | ||||||
| Thurcroft | 768 | 86.91 | 1.33 | ||||||
| Thorne | 1,592 | 84.38 | 1.20 | ||||||
| Sheffield | 50,695 | 84.05 | 1.17 | ||||||
| Hoyland | 1,225 | 80.65 | 1.17 | ||||||
| Cudworth and Shafton | 986 | 80.07 | 1.17 | ||||||
| Wombwell | 1,258 | 77.58 | 1.16 | ||||||
| Royston | 809 | 75.69 | 1.11 | ||||||
| Maltby | 1,294 | 74.54 | 1.08 | ||||||
| Armthorpe | 1,083 | 74.23 | 1.09 | ||||||
| Wath upon Dearne | 1,546 | 67.82 | 0.98 | ||||||
| Brierley | 152 | 66.51 | 1.40 | ||||||
| Sprotbrough and Cusworth | 754 | 65.39 | 0.99 | ||||||
| Stocksbridge | 882 | 63.29 | 0.94 | ||||||
| Rossington | 933 | 60.93 | 0.91 | ||||||
| Aston cum Aughton | 903 | 57.02 | 0.88 | ||||||
| Barnby Dun with Kirk Sandall | 456 | 51.44 | 0.79 | ||||||
| Ecclesfield | 1,783 | 50.39 | 0.71 | ||||||
| North and South Anston | 456 | 47.53 | 0.75 | ||||||
| Brinsworth | 424 | 47.16 | 0.76 | ||||||
| Penistone | 549 | 40.22 | 0.63 | ||||||
| Bradfield | 717 | 39.78 | 0.60 | ||||||
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