Total Crime Rate
88.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
60.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Farm 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.
View Crime In Barnsley| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Colley Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Underwood Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Colley Crescent | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Colley Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wellington Crescent | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Wellington Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Colley Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Edward Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Farm Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Swanee Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Swanee Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Farm Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Colley Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Underwood Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Thornton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Underwood Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Underwood Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Larch Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Overdale Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Overdale Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Colley Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Colley Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Firs | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | The Firs | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Underwood Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Birk Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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