Total Crime Rate

204.6 per 1,000 9/10 · Very 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 204.6 9/10
  • Shoplifting 83.3 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 34.1 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 34.1 7/10
  • Public order 22.7 9/10
  • Other theft 7.6 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.8 3/10
  • Drugs 3.8 4/10
  • Other crime 3.8 5/10
  • Robbery 3.8 5/10
  • Theft from the person 3.8 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.8 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Garsides Buildings area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 33 local areas in Penistone West , and the 91st highest crime rate of 841 local areas in Barnsley .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Garsides Buildings (S36 6BB) in the last 12 months was 204.6 per 1,000 residents and was 364.1% higher than the Penistone West average (44.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 500.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 60.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 128.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 11.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Garsides Buildings (S36 6BB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Stottercliffe Road, where police recorded 47 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Market Street (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Garsides Buildings area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (10/10)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other crime Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Stottercliffe Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Stottercliffe Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Schole Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Schole Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Market Street —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson High Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Stottercliffe Road —
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Data Sources

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