Total Crime Rate

180.6 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 180.6 9/10
  • Shoplifting 62.5 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 55.6 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.4 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.4 7/10
  • Public order 10.4 7/10
  • Burglary 6.9 7/10
  • Other theft 6.9 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 6.9 9/10
  • Drugs 3.5 4/10
  • Other crime 3.5 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.5 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Vernon Road area has the 10th highest crime rate of 125 local areas in Penistone East , and the 119th highest crime rate of 841 local areas in Barnsley .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Vernon Road (S70 5BE) in the last 12 months was 180.6 per 1,000 residents and was 213.3% higher than the Penistone East average (57.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -83.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 72.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 23.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -64.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Vernon Road (S70 5BE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Edmund Street, where police recorded 33 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Barley Close (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Vernon Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (22/22)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Edmund Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Edmund Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Barley Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Edmund Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Edmund Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Edmund Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Edmund Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Edmund Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Edmund Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Osmond Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Edmund Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Edmund Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Edmund Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Edmund Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Edmund Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Edmund Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Ravenholt Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Osmond Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Henry Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Kendal Vale —
Sep 2025Drugs Kendal Vale Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kendal Vale Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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