Total Crime Rate
63.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Haywood Avenue area has the 59th highest crime rate of 125 local areas in Penistone East , and the 348th lowest crime rate of 841 local areas in Barnsley .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Haywood Avenue (S36 2QD) in the last 12 months was 63.8 per 1,000 residents and was 10.6% higher than the Penistone East average (57.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour 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 ( 250.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 23.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 600.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -56.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Haywood Avenue (S36 2QD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Armitage Road, where police recorded 20 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 Penistone East| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | New Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Holling Croft | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Haywood Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Haywood Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | New Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Holling Croft | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Haywood Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Broadhead Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Holling Croft | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Holling Croft | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Holling Croft | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Wood Royd Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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