Crime Rates at Gold Street, Barnsley, S70 1TU

Gold Street area has the 77th highest crime rate of 167 local areas in Central , and the 288th highest crime rate of 845 local areas in Barnsley .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Gold Street (S70 1TU) in the last 12 months was 104.7 per 1,000 residents and was 64.9% lower than the Central average (297.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 32.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -67.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Gold Street (S70 1TU), the main crime hotspot is near Petrol Station. Police recorded 58 crimes here, including 25 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.