Total Crime Rate

53.3 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

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 53.3 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 32.8 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 4.1 2/10
  • Burglary 4.1 5/10
  • Other crime 4.1 6/10
  • Public order 4.1 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.1 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 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 · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Meadow View area has the 59th lowest crime rate of 125 local areas in Penistone East , and the 295th lowest crime rate of 841 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 Meadow View (S70 5BW) in the last 12 months was 53.3 per 1,000 residents and was 7.5% lower than the Penistone East average (57.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 36.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -54.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Meadow View (S70 5BW), the main crime hotspot is near Edmund Street. Police recorded 33 crimes here, including 13 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Meadow View area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Edmund Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order Osmond Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Henry Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Edmund Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Edmund Street Unable to prosecute suspect
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 Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Edmund Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Edmund Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Edmund Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Edmund Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Edmund Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Edmund Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Osmond Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Edmund Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Mount Vernon Road Offender given a caution

Data Sources

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