Total Crime Rate

110.7 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

36.9 per 1,000 7/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 110.7 8/10
  • Violent crimes 36.9 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 20.5 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 20.5 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 16.4 4/10
  • Other crime 12.3 10/10
  • Public order 12.3 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 12.3 9/10
  • Robbery 8.2 8/10
  • Burglary 4.1 5/10
  • Other theft 4.1 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Lock Avenue area has the 31st highest crime rate of 126 local areas in Penistone East , and the 268th highest crime rate of 845 local areas in Barnsley .

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 Lock Avenue (S70 6SS) in the last 12 months was 110.7 per 1,000 residents and was 94.0% higher than the Penistone East average (57.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -69.2% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 36.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 17.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lock Avenue (S70 6SS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Highstone Lane, where police recorded 25 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Kenworthy Road (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Lock Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (7/7)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Napier Mount —
Apr 2026Other theft Highroyds Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Highstone Lane —
Apr 2026Theft from the person Highstone Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Vernon Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ridgewalk Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Vernon Crescent Under investigation
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Data Sources

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