Crime Statistics for Athersley North, Barnsley, Barnsley, 2024

There were a total of 168 street level crime incidents in Athersley North in February 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 Athersley North, 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	59
Anti Social Behaviour	23
Criminal Damage Arson	20
Other Theft	18
Shoplifting	17
Drugs	7
Vehicle Crime	6
Burglary	5
Possession Of Weapons	4
Other Crime	4
Public Order	3
Robbery	2
All Crime	168

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 Athersley North. 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 Athersley North

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Monk Bretton (1.39 miles)	334
Athersley North	168
Athersley South	168
New Lodge (0.62 miles)	158
Carlton (0.88 miles)	143
Blacker (1.24 miles)	122
Royston (1.24 miles)	112
Staincross (1.39 miles)	79
Upper Cudworth (1.86 miles)	77
Mapplewell (1.86 miles)	49

Where are the most violent places near Athersley North?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Monk Bretton	103
Athersley North	59
Athersley South	59
New Lodge	57
Carlton	49
Royston	49
Blacker	38
Staincross	38
Upper Cudworth	23
Mapplewell	21

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

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 Athersley North 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 Athersley North compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Athersley North and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Athersley North is ranked #2.

#	Ward	Score
1	Kingstone	86
2	St Helens	86
3	Central	84
4	Royston	81
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 Athersley North has the highest level of crime?

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