Total Crime Rate
84.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Thompson Hill area has the 44th highest crime rate of 125 local areas in Penistone East , and the 380th 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 Thompson Hill (S35 4JS) in the last 12 months was 84.1 per 1,000 residents and was 46.0% 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 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Other crime ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 61.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -13.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 15.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Thompson Hill (S35 4JS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Angram View, where police recorded 28 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hawthorn Mews (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Penistone East| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cottam Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Hurst Green | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Hurst Green | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Hurst Green | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stoney Gate | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hawthorn Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Cottam Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Angram View | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Potter Hill Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Potter Hill Lane | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Angram View | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Sheringham Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Sheringham Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Wortley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Hurst Green | Under investigation |
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