Total Crime Rate
15.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
7.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Wentworth Meadows area has the 7th lowest crime rate of 34 local areas in Penistone West , and the 39th 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 Wentworth Meadows (S36 6SW) in the last 12 months was 15.6 per 1,000 residents and was 65.4% lower 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 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 7.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -83.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Wentworth Meadows (S36 6SW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Stottercliffe Road, where police recorded 68 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Market Street (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cock Pit Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Stottercliffe Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Stottercliffe Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Stottercliffe Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Stottercliffe Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Stottercliffe Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Stottercliffe Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Stottercliffe Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Stottercliffe Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Stottercliffe Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stottercliffe Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Stottercliffe Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Market Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Market Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Market Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fairfield | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cock Pit Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Stottercliffe Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Stottercliffe Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
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