Total Crime Rate
104.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
32.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Doncaster Road 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 Doncaster Road (S70 1UD) 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 Doncaster Road (S70 1UD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Sheffield Road, where police recorded 28 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Grasmere Road (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Barnsley| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Commercial Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Langdale Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | St Peter'S Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tune Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Denison Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tune Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chilton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Chilton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Commercial Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grasmere Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wilby Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Grasmere Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Grasmere Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Middleburn Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pindar Oaks Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pindar Oaks Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Henshall Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oakwell Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Market Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Oakwell Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oakwell Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Market Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Oakwell Vale | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sunderland Terrace | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | King Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Sunderland Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Oakwell Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Oakwell Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Dalton Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Oakwell Court | Under investigation |
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