Total Crime Rate

120.5 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

66.3 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 120.5 8/10
  • Violent crimes 66.3 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 60.2 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 24.1 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 18.1 7/10
  • Other theft 6.0 6/10
  • Public order 6.0 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.0 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Hodgkinson Avenue area has the 4th highest crime rate of 34 local areas in Penistone West , and the 239th highest crime rate of 845 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 Hodgkinson Avenue (S36 6BT) in the last 12 months was 120.5 per 1,000 residents and was 166.8% higher than the Penistone West average (45.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -23.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 66.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -21.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 33.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hodgkinson Avenue (S36 6BT), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 42 crimes here, including 21 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Hodgkinson Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (21/21)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Public order Market Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cock Pit Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Cock Pit Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fairfield Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Market Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Market Street —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Lees Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary High Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lower Unwin Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wentworth Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Dransfield Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Church View Crescent —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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