Total Crime Rate
71.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
16.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Broomclose area has the 53rd lowest crime rate of 167 local areas in Central , and the 393rd lowest crime rate of 845 local areas in Barnsley .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Broomclose (S70 3EG) in the last 12 months was 71.1 per 1,000 residents and was 76.1% lower than the Central average (297.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 16.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -89.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Broomclose (S70 3EG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Burnsall Grove, where police recorded 43 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Ash Grove (20 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 | Ash Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ash Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Colley Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Colley Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Colley Crescent | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sheaf Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Burnsall Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Colley Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ash Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Edward Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ash Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Burnsall Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Farm Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Farm Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Colley Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gerald Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ash Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Colley Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Colley Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Butterley Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Birk Avenue | Under investigation |
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