Crime Statistics for Crane Moor, Barnsley, Barnsley, 2024

Crime statistics for Crane Moor, Barnsley

There were a total of 6 street level crime incidents in Crane Moor in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Public Order.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Crane 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 CategoryIncidents
Violent Crime2
Public Order2
Anti Social Behaviour1
Burglary1
All Crime6

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 Crane Moor. 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 Crane Moor

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Green Moor (1.75 miles)47
Hermit Hill (1.39 miles)12
Pilley (1.96 miles)11
Finkle Street (1.86 miles)9
Thurgoland (1.24 miles)8
Crane Moor6
Four Lane End (1.96 miles)6
Pinfold Hill (0.88 miles)6
Berry Moor (1.39 miles)4
Hood Green (0.88 miles)2

3%
of Penistone East residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Crane Moor?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Green Moor25
Finkle Street6
Thurgoland4
Hermit Hill3
Four Lane End3
Crane Moor2
Pinfold Hill2
Pilley0
Berry Moor0
Hood Green0

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Crane 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 Crane 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 Crane Moor compare to surrounding wards?

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

#WardScore
1Kingstone86
2Central84
3Worsbrough82
4Stairfoot79
5Rockingham66
6Hoober64
7Hoyland Milton64
8Stocksbridge and Upper Don52
9Penistone East51
10Dodworth45
11Darton West43

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

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

Last updated: February 2024
Information provided by data.police.uk
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