Crime Rates at Penistone Road North, Sheffield, S6 1QB

Penistone Road North area has the 18th highest crime rate of 63 local areas in Hillsborough , and the 694th highest crime rate of 1,705 local areas in Sheffield .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Penistone Road North (S6 1QB) in the last 12 months was 89.4 per 1,000 residents and was 12.6% lower than the Hillsborough average (102.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 38.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 80.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -33.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Penistone Road North (S6 1QB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Niagara Road, where police recorded 23 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Catch Bar Lane (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.