Crime Rate in Old Town, ward

Old Town has the 8th highest crime rate of 21 wards in Barnsley district and the 1598th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (Yorkshire and The Humber), it has the 142nd highest crime rate of 410 wards.

The overall crime rate in Old Town in the last 12 months was 104.8 per 1,000 residents and was 6.9% lower than the Barnsley district average (112.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Old Town’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 445 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 5 cases , down -16.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 38.5% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -32.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 622 (≈ 46.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 1.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -31.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Old Town ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Hospital. Police recorded 146 crimes here, including 104 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.