Crime Statistics for Cundy Cross, Barnsley, Barnsley, 2024

There were a total of 178 street level crime incidents in Cundy Cross in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Criminal Damage Arson.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Cundy Cross, 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	68
Criminal Damage Arson	23
Anti Social Behaviour	18
Vehicle Crime	16
Burglary	13
Shoplifting	10
Public Order	9
Other Theft	8
Drugs	5
Robbery	4
Other Crime	2
Possession Of Weapons	2
All Crime	178

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 Cundy Cross. 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 Cundy Cross

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Barnsley (1.86 miles)	680
Kendray (0.88 miles)	329
Measborough Dike (0.88 miles)	329
Monk Bretton (0.88 miles)	277
Stairfoot (0.62 miles)	192
Cundy Cross	178
Ardsley (0.88 miles)	112
Cudworth (1.39 miles)	97
Upper Cudworth (1.96 miles)	84
Cudworth Common (1.39 miles)	24

Where are the most violent places near Cundy Cross?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Barnsley	197
Kendray	136
Measborough Dike	136
Monk Bretton	91
Stairfoot	76
Cundy Cross	68
Cudworth	39
Ardsley	36
Upper Cudworth	32
Cudworth Common	11

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

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 Cundy Cross 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 Cundy Cross compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Cundy Cross and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Cundy Cross is ranked #6.

#	Ward	Score
1	Kingstone	86
2	St Helens	86
3	Central	84
4	Worsbrough	82
5	Monk Bretton	80
6	Stairfoot	79
7	Darfield	78
8	Cudworth	73
9	Old Town	67
10	Hoyland Milton	64
11	Dodworth	45

Which road in Cundy Cross has the highest level of crime?

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