Penistone East
WardNorth west Barnsley. About 10,494 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 81 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 62% of people in Penistone East live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Penistone East compares
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Is Penistone East safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Penistone East at a rate of 51.0 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 107.1 per 1,000 people across Barnsley.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 61 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Penistone East.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (164), anti-social behaviour (136) and other crime (106).
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Figures for the whole of Barnsley
These figures are published for the whole of Barnsley, not for each ward, so they describe all of Barnsley and not Penistone East alone. See Barnsley
Penistone East in brief
Penistone East had 10,221 usual residents at the census.
About 62% of people in Penistone East live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Penistone East, 85.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Penistone East, 1.3% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.