Total Crime Rate

191.1 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 191.1 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 120.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 26.7 8/10
  • Shoplifting 13.3 6/10
  • Public order 8.9 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.4 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.4 4/10
  • Drugs 4.4 5/10
  • Other theft 4.4 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.4 4/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Miles Road area has the 8th highest crime rate of 125 local areas in Penistone East , and the 103rd highest crime rate of 841 local areas in Barnsley .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Miles Road (S35 3HQ) in the last 12 months was 191.1 per 1,000 residents and was 231.6% higher than the Penistone East average (57.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 128.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 31.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 31.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Miles Road (S35 3HQ), the main crime hotspot is near Greengate Court. Police recorded 31 crimes here, including 20 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Miles Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Miles Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shepley Croft Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Miles Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Vickers Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Miles Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Alma Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Alma Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Valley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Francis Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Greengate Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Reaper Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hawthorn Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Acre Gate Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Greengate Court

Data Sources

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