Total Crime Rate
86.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
46.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Neville Avenue area has the 64th lowest crime rate of 167 local areas in Central , and the 379th highest crime rate of 845 local areas in Barnsley .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Neville Avenue (S70 3HS) in the last 12 months was 86.5 per 1,000 residents and was 71.0% 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 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 133.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 46.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -84.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Neville Avenue (S70 3HS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Ash Grove, where police recorded 42 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Gerald Crescent (23 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Barnsley| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Malcolm Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Gerald Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Colley Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gerald Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Colley Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Colley Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Colley Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Colley Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ash Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ash Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ash Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ash Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Malcolm Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Gerald Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gerald Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Colley Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gerald Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Birk Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Neville Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gilbert Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Gilbert Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gilbert Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Gilbert Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sheaf Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Calder Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Calder Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Calder Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Calder Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Malcolm Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Colley Crescent | Local resolution |
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