Crime Statistics for Felkirk, Barnsley, Barnsley, 2024

Crime statistics for Felkirk, Barnsley

There were a total of 49 street level crime incidents in Felkirk in January 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 Felkirk, 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 Crime20
Anti Social Behaviour8
Burglary6
Criminal Damage Arson6
Vehicle Crime4
Other Theft2
Public Order2
Bicycle Theft1
All Crime49

Map of street level crime incidents in January 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Felkirk. 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 Felkirk

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Carlton (1.75 miles)142
Royston (1.96 miles)112
Upper Cudworth (1.86 miles)77
Brierley (2.24 miles)77
Belle Green (1.96 miles)62
Felkirk49
Newstead (1.39 miles)35
Ryhill (1.24 miles)30
South Hiendley (0.62 miles)27
Cold Hiendley (1.39 miles)12

4.94%
of Hemsworth residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Felkirk?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Carlton64
Royston49
Upper Cudworth23
Belle Green22
Felkirk20
Brierley19
Newstead18
Ryhill16
South Hiendley8
Cold Hiendley8

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

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 Felkirk 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 Felkirk compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Felkirk and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Felkirk is ranked #5.

#WardScore
1St Helens86
2Royston81
3South Elmsall and South Kirkby81
4Monk Bretton80
5Hemsworth79
6Darfield78
7Cudworth73
8Old Town67
9Ackworth, North Elmsall and Upton61
10Crofton, Ryhill and Walton59
11Darton East55

Which road in Felkirk has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: January 2024
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