Total Crime Rate

587.8 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 587.8 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 152.7 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 114.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 106.9 10/10
  • Burglary 68.7 10/10
  • Other theft 61.1 10/10
  • Public order 38.2 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 22.9 10/10
  • Other crime 7.6 9/10
  • Robbery 7.6 8/10
  • Shoplifting 7.6 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Central Street area has the highest crime rate of 57 local areas in Dearne North , and the 10th highest crime rate of 841 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 Central Street (S63 9JS) in the last 12 months was 587.8 per 1,000 residents and was 356.2% higher than the Dearne North average (128.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Criminal damage and arson with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 180.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 160.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 23.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -27.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Central Street (S63 9JS), the main crime hotspot is near Main Street. Police recorded 65 crimes here, including 19 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Central Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Main Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Market Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Market Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Market Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Market Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Main Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Main Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Main Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Doncaster Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Lockwood Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hamilton Road —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Cross Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Cross Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Frederick Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cross Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Garden Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime St Mary'S Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Beever Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beever Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Mary'S Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Kathleen Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Kathleen Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Kathleen Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kathleen Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Kathleen Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kathleen Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Kathleen Grove —
Sep 2025Other theft Kathleen Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Mary'S Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Mary'S Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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