Total Crime Rate

91.5 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 91.5 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 45.8 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 19.6 7/10
  • Burglary 6.5 7/10
  • Other crime 6.5 8/10
  • Other theft 6.5 6/10
  • Public order 6.5 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

School Road area has the 41st highest crime rate of 125 local areas in Penistone East , and the 350th 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 School Road (S35 3JJ) in the last 12 months was 91.5 per 1,000 residents and was 58.8% 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 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -30.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 52.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -27.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -28.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around School Road (S35 3JJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Lane End, where police recorded 28 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near School Road (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in School Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (11/11)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Greenwood Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Lane End Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Peckham Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mortomley Croft Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Greenwood Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Lane End Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Greenwood Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Greenwood Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Griffiths Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order School Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences School Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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