Total Crime Rate
17.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
3.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Schofield Road area has the 14th lowest crime rate of 126 local areas in Penistone East , and the 49th lowest crime rate of 845 local areas in Barnsley .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Schofield Road (S36 2SN) in the last 12 months was 17.0 per 1,000 residents and was 70.3% lower than the Penistone East average (57.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other crime with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 3.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -68.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Schofield Road (S36 2SN), 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 | Broadhead Road | — |
| 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 | Wood Royd Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | New Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Whitehead Avenue | 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Broadhead 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 |
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