Total Crime Rate
154.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
64.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Broadhead Road area has the 15th highest crime rate of 126 local areas in Penistone East , and the 153rd highest crime rate of 845 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 Broadhead Road (S36 2PL) in the last 12 months was 154.1 per 1,000 residents and was 170.1% higher than the Penistone East average (57.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -16.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 64.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -32.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Broadhead Road (S36 2PL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Armitage Road, where police recorded 18 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Haywood Lane (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Sheffield| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wood Royd Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Heath Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brearley Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Armitage Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Broomfield Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lee Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lee Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lee Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Haywood Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Whitehead Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Broadhead Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Broadhead Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Broadhead Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Broadhead Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Broadhead Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | New Street | Under investigation |
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