Crime Rate in Darton East, ward

Darton East has the 3rd lowest crime rate of 21 wards in Barnsley district and the 3164th lowest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (Yorkshire and The Humber), it has the 107th lowest crime rate of 410 wards.

The overall crime rate in Darton East in the last 12 months was 56.7 per 1,000 residents and was 49.7% lower than the Barnsley district average (112.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Darton East’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 243 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 120.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -53.2% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 311 (≈ 26.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -33.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Darton East ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 46 crimes here, including 17 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.