Total Crime Rate

88.3 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

60.1 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 88.3 7/10
  • Violent crimes 60.1 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 56.5 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.6 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 7.1 4/10
  • Drugs 3.5 4/10
  • Other crime 3.5 5/10
  • Other theft 3.5 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.5 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Farm Road area has the 67th lowest crime rate of 167 local areas in Central , and the 372nd 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 Farm Road (S70 3DN) in the last 12 months was 88.3 per 1,000 residents and was 70.3% 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 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 60.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 41.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -48.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Farm Road (S70 3DN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Wellington Crescent, where police recorded 32 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Larch Place (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Farm Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Colley Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Underwood Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Drugs Colley Crescent Local resolution
Apr 2026Burglary Colley Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wellington Crescent Local resolution
Apr 2026Burglary Wellington Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Colley Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Edward Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Farm Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Swanee Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Swanee Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Drugs Farm Road Local resolution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Colley Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Underwood Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Thornton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Underwood Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Underwood Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Larch Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Overdale Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Overdale Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Colley Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Colley Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences The Firs Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft The Firs Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Underwood Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Birk Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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