Crime Statistics for Barugh, Barugh Green, Barnsley, 2024

Crime statistics for Barugh, Barugh Green

There were a total of 25 street level crime incidents in Barugh in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Burglary, followed by Violent Crime.

Crime CategoryIncidents
Burglary6
Violent Crime3
Criminal Damage Arson3
Anti Social Behaviour3
Vehicle Crime3
Shoplifting3
Public Order3
Other Theft1
All Crime25

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 Barugh. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

How grim is your Postcode?

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 Barugh

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Blacker (1.39 miles)122
Gawber (0.88 miles)102
Pogmoor (1.39 miles)84
Mapplewell (0.88 miles)75
Higham Common (1.24 miles)29
Kexbrough (0.88 miles)28
Higham (0.62 miles)27
Barugh Green (0.62 miles)27
Barugh25
Low Barugh25

3.5%
of Darton West residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Barugh?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Gawber45
Blacker38
Pogmoor34
Mapplewell21
Higham Common10
Kexbrough10
Higham3
Barugh Green3
Barugh3
Low Barugh3

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

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 Barugh 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 Barugh compare to surrounding wards?

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

#WardScore
1Kingstone86
2St Helens86
3Central84
4Royston81
5Monk Bretton80
6Stairfoot79
7Old Town67
8Darton East55
9Wakefield Rural49
10Dodworth45
11Darton West43

Which road in Barugh has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: February 2024
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