Crime Rate in Dearne North, ward

Dearne North has the 4th highest crime rate of 21 wards in Barnsley district and the 955th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (Yorkshire and The Humber), it has the 85th highest crime rate of 410 wards.

The overall crime rate in Dearne North in the last 12 months was 128.9 per 1,000 residents and was 14.5% higher than the Barnsley district average (112.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Dearne North’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 612 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 58.8% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -48.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 766 (≈ 60.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -2.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -29.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Dearne North ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Main Street, with 65 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Cromwell Street (28 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.