Total Crime Rate
335.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
111.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Clifton Street area has the 14th highest crime rate of 167 local areas in Central , and the 32nd highest crime rate of 845 local areas in Barnsley .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Clifton Street (S70 1UA) in the last 12 months was 335.0 per 1,000 residents and was 12.4% higher 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 14 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 Other theft ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 111.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -26.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -47.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Clifton Street (S70 1UA), 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.
View Crime In Barnsley| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hornby Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oakwell Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rowan Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Chilton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Denison Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Beech Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beech Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beech Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Beech Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chilton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | King Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Petrol Station | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Dalton Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Langdale Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sheffield Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sheffield Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sheffield Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Sheffield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sheffield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Crown Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chestnut Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Market Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Market Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wilby Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pindar Oaks Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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