Crime Statistics for Barnsley, South Yorkshire, 2024

There were a total of 680 street level crime incidents in Barnsley in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Shoplifting.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Barnsley, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	197
Shoplifting	110
Anti Social Behaviour	83
Criminal Damage Arson	65
Public Order	61
Vehicle Crime	60
Other Theft	31
Other Crime	17
Burglary	17
Drugs	17
Robbery	9
Theft From The Person	5
Possession Of Weapons	5
Bicycle Theft	3
All Crime	680

Map of street level crime incidents in February 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Barnsley. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.

Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Barnsley

We've taken the ten nearest places to Barnsley and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Barnsley has more crime than other surrounding areas.

Location	Crime Incidents
Barnsley	680
Shaw Lands (0.62 miles)	392
Monk Bretton (1.39 miles)	334
Kendray (1.39 miles)	326
Measborough Dike (1.39 miles)	326
Cundy Cross (1.86 miles)	210
Gawber (1.39 miles)	104
Pogmoor (1.24 miles)	99
Ward Green (1.24 miles)	97
Keresforth Hill (1.39 miles)	56

Where are the most violent places near Barnsley?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Barnsley and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

Location	Violent Incidents
Barnsley	197
Shaw Lands	109
Monk Bretton	103
Kendray	101
Measborough Dike	101
Cundy Cross	60
Ward Green	38
Pogmoor	32
Gawber	31
Keresforth Hill	15

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Barnsley?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Barnsley to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Barnsley compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Barnsley and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Residents in Barnsley have the highest likelyhood of being a victim of personal crime in the area. The ward with the lowest likelyhood is Darton West.

#	Ward	Score
1	Kingstone	86
2	St Helens	86
3	Central	84
4	Worsbrough	82
5	Monk Bretton	80
6	Stairfoot	79
7	Cudworth	73
8	Old Town	67
9	Darton East	55
10	Dodworth	45
11	Darton West	43

Which road in Barnsley has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Barnsley with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around Fleming Place.