Crime Rates at Penistone Road, Sheffield, S6 2FJ

Penistone Road area has the 60th highest crime rate of 207 local areas in Broomhill and Sharrow Vale , and the 506th highest crime rate of 1,697 local areas in Sheffield .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Penistone Road (S6 2FJ) in the last 12 months was 121.8 per 1,000 residents and was 20.9% higher than the Broomhill and Sharrow Vale average (100.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 70.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 15.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -63.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Penistone Road (S6 2FJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Wood Street, where police recorded 48 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Barrack Lane (25 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.