Penistone West
WardWest Barnsley. About 12,812 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 71 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 36% of people in Penistone West live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Penistone West compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Penistone West safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Penistone West at a rate of 50.0 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, 45 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Penistone West.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (242), anti-social behaviour (129) and other crime (84).
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 West alone. See Barnsley
Penistone West in brief
Penistone West had 12,540 usual residents at the census.
About 36% of people in Penistone West live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Penistone West, 88.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Penistone West, 1.7% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.