Shiregreen and Brightside
WardEast Sheffield. About 21,463 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 6.5 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 100% of people in Shiregreen and Brightside live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Shiregreen and Brightside compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Shiregreen and Brightside safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Shiregreen and Brightside at a rate of 119.9 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 113.7 per 1,000 people across Sheffield.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 204 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Shiregreen and Brightside.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (978), anti-social behaviour (457) and other crime (410).
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Figures for the whole of Sheffield
These figures are published for the whole of Sheffield, not for each ward, so they describe all of Sheffield and not Shiregreen and Brightside alone. See Sheffield
Shiregreen and Brightside in brief
Shiregreen and Brightside had 20,606 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in Shiregreen and Brightside live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Shiregreen and Brightside, 99.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Shiregreen and Brightside, 6.0% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.