Crime Statistics for Green Moor, Barnsley, Barnsley, 2024

There were a total of 52 street level crime incidents in Green Moor in March 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Anti Social Behaviour.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Green Moor, 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	15
Anti Social Behaviour	11
Criminal Damage Arson	6
Public Order	5
Other Theft	4
Burglary	3
Shoplifting	3
Vehicle Crime	3
Other Crime	2
All Crime	52

Map of street level crime incidents in March 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Green Moor. 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 Green Moor

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Stocksbridge (1.39 miles)	54
Garden Village (1.39 miles)	54
Green Moor	52
Finkle Street (1.39 miles)	25
Thurgoland (1.24 miles)	12
Pinfold Hill (1.96 miles)	11
Crane Moor (1.75 miles)	9
Four Lane End (1.96 miles)	4
Roughbirchworth (1.75 miles)	3
Bolsterstone (1.96 miles)	2

Where are the most violent places near Green Moor?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Stocksbridge	17
Garden Village	17
Green Moor	15
Finkle Street	5
Thurgoland	5
Pinfold Hill	4
Crane Moor	4
Four Lane End	2
Roughbirchworth	2
Bolsterstone	1

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

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 Green Moor 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 Green Moor compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Green Moor and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Green Moor is ranked #9.

#	Ward	Score
1	Southey	91
2	Kingstone	86
3	Rockingham	66
4	Hoober	64
5	Hoyland Milton	64
6	East Ecclesfield	62
7	West Ecclesfield	58
8	Stocksbridge and Upper Don	52
9	Penistone East	51
10	Stannington	51
11	Dodworth	45

Which road in Green Moor has the highest level of crime?

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