Crime Rate in North East, ward

North East has the 10th highest crime rate of 21 wards in Barnsley district and the 1948th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (Yorkshire and The Humber), it has the 159th highest crime rate of 410 wards.

The overall crime rate in North East in the last 12 months was 95.3 per 1,000 residents and was 15.3% lower than the Barnsley district average (112.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, North East’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 486 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 3 cases , up 50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 73.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -15.8% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 609 (≈ 44.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 8.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -40.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the North East ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near High Street, with 54 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Chapel Street (33 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.