Crime Rate in Kingstone, ward

Kingstone has the 9th highest crime rate of 21 wards in Barnsley district and the 1755th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (Yorkshire and The Humber), it has the 152nd highest crime rate of 410 wards.

The overall crime rate in Kingstone in the last 12 months was 100.3 per 1,000 residents and was 10.9% lower than the Barnsley district average (112.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Kingstone’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 549 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 2 cases , down -60.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 675 (≈ 53.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 1.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -37.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Kingstone ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Petrol Station. Police recorded 88 crimes here, including 40 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.