Crime Statistics for Thurnscoe East, Barnsley, Barnsley, 2024

There were a total of 155 street level crime incidents in Thurnscoe East 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 Thurnscoe East, 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	65
Anti Social Behaviour	18
Criminal Damage Arson	16
Public Order	10
Vehicle Crime	9
Other Theft	8
Burglary	7
Shoplifting	7
Other Crime	6
Possession Of Weapons	4
Drugs	3
Robbery	2
All Crime	155

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 Thurnscoe East. 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 Thurnscoe East

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Thurnscoe East	155
Thurnscoe (0.62 miles)	145
Highgate (1.39 miles)	80
Bolton Upton Dearne (1.96 miles)	59
Great Houghton (1.96 miles)	27
Sandhill (1.96 miles)	27
Harlington (2.24 miles)	23
Billingley (1.96 miles)	23
Hickleton (1.24 miles)	11
Barnburgh (1.75 miles)	8

Where are the most violent places near Thurnscoe East?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Thurnscoe East	65
Thurnscoe	58
Highgate	31
Bolton Upton Dearne	25
Harlington	10
Great Houghton	9
Sandhill	9
Billingley	7
Hickleton	4
Barnburgh	3

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

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 Thurnscoe East 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 Thurnscoe East compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Dearne North	92
2	Mexborough	86
3	South Elmsall and South Kirkby	81
4	Conisbrough	79
5	Darfield	78
6	Dearne South	74
7	Wombwell	73
8	Swinton	69
9	North East	68
10	Wath	68
11	Roman Ridge	68

Which road in Thurnscoe East has the highest level of crime?

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