Total Crime Rate
452.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
295.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Carr Field Lane area has the highest crime rate of 25 local areas in Dearne South , and the 12th highest crime rate of 845 local areas in Barnsley .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Carr Field Lane (S63 8EU) in the last 12 months was 452.8 per 1,000 residents and was 424.0% higher than the Dearne South average (86.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 38 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -60.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 47 (≈ 295.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -45.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Carr Field Lane (S63 8EU), the main crime hotspot is near Fairfield. Police recorded 35 crimes here, including 23 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Dearne South| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beckfield Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Campion Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Carr Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ringway | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Carr Field Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Carr Field Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Billingley View | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Andrew'S Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Crofton Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stump Cross Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Carr Head Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Fairfield | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Carr Head Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pennyfields | — |
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