Total Crime Rate

165.9 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 165.9 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 53.8 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 40.4 8/10
  • Drugs 17.9 10/10
  • Burglary 13.5 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.5 8/10
  • Other theft 9.0 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.0 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.5 7/10
  • Public order 4.5 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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

New Street area has the 15th highest crime rate of 125 local areas in Penistone East , and the 145th highest crime rate of 841 local areas in Barnsley .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around New Street (S70 5DQ) in the last 12 months was 165.9 per 1,000 residents and was 187.9% higher than the Penistone East average (57.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -85.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 49.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -54.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 138.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around New Street (S70 5DQ), 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 New Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (22/22)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Edmund Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Edmund Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Haldene —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lewdendale Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Ravenholt Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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 2025Drugs Kendal Vale Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Kendal Vale —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Edmund Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting 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 2025Public order Edmund Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Barley Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Haldene Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kendal Vale Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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