Each of the nine burglars pictured here have been sent to begin prison sentences during 2026.
The offence of burglary can have a distressing impact on victims, causing some to feel unsafe in their own homes.
Judges have jailed each of these individuals during hearings at Sheffield Crown Court and Sheffield Magistrates’ Court held during the course of this year.
The shortest sentence passed down to those included here was one of 48 weeks, whilst the longest is one of five years, six months.
You can read more detailed court reports on the cases featured here, by following the below links:
- Dozy Sheffield burglar caught out after leaving fingerprints on tin he swiped money from
- Doncaster car thief and heartless burglar jailed in Operation Castle crackdown on thefts
- Sheffield burglar caught sleeping in car he stole
- Burglar Neil Concannon snared by fingerprint found at Sheffield crime scene
- Rotherham burglar with whopping 80 offences targeted vulnerable pensioners in sheltered housing, court hears
- Prolific South Yorkshire burglar caught after police find DNA & bite marks in discarded block of cheese
- Burglar caught climbing into student's Sheffield flat pretended to have lost key
- Sheffield burglar detained by shocked victim who returned home and found intruder in bedroom
9. Anthony Vardy: Jailed for three years in May 2026
A Sheffield man who returned home and found a burglar in his bedroom grabbed hold of the intruder and detained him until police arrived. The shocked family man had just returned from an evening out with his wife and children when he encountered defendant Anthony Vardy, aged 49. Sheffield Crown Court heard Vardy had “packed bags” with items he had snatched from the Rutland Road house after “ransacking” rooms including those of the homeowner’s children. Around an-hour-and-a-half before the Rutland Road burglary - at 10.10pm - Vardy had smashed the window of a house on nearby Pitsmoor Road while trying to break in. He caused £1,500 damage and frightened a 16-year-old boy who was home at the time, the court heard. Crack addict Vardy had 18 previous convictions for 36 offences, including five for burglary. Judge Charles Thomas jailed Vardy for three years during a hearing held in May 2026 | SYP