Crime Statistics for Staincross, Barnsley, Barnsley, 2024

There were a total of 110 street level crime incidents in Staincross 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 Staincross, 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	37
Anti Social Behaviour	21
Criminal Damage Arson	15
Other Theft	8
Burglary	7
Other Crime	6
Drugs	6
Vehicle Crime	5
Possession Of Weapons	2
Shoplifting	1
Bicycle Theft	1
Public Order	1
All Crime	110

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 Staincross. 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 Staincross

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

Location	Crime Incidents
New Lodge (0.88 miles)	169
Athersley North (1.39 miles)	168
Athersley South (1.39 miles)	168
Carlton (1.86 miles)	143
Blacker (0.62 miles)	122
Staincross	110
Royston (1.39 miles)	107
Mapplewell (0.88 miles)	75
Barugh (1.75 miles)	25
Low Barugh (1.75 miles)	25

Where are the most violent places near Staincross?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
New Lodge	63
Athersley North	59
Athersley South	59
Carlton	49
Blacker	38
Staincross	37
Royston	36
Mapplewell	21
Barugh	3
Low Barugh	3

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

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 Staincross 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 Staincross compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Staincross and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Staincross is ranked #8.

#	Ward	Score
1	Kingstone	86
2	St Helens	86
3	Central	84
4	Royston	81
5	Monk Bretton	80
6	Cudworth	73
7	Old Town	67
8	Darton East	55
9	Wakefield Rural	49
10	Dodworth	45
11	Darton West	43

Which road in Staincross has the highest level of crime?

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