Total Crime Rate
117.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
60.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Crown Close area has the 69th highest crime rate of 167 local areas in Central , and the 245th 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 Crown Close (S70 4DB) in the last 12 months was 117.9 per 1,000 residents and was 60.4% 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 Other crime with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 133.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 60.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -62.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Crown Close (S70 4DB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 58 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Highstone View (32 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Barnsley| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Harriet Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beech Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dillington Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Dillington Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Bruce Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Bruce Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Bruce Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Wilkinson Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Dillington Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tune Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tune Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rowan Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Beech Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beech Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Highstone View | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Beech Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chestnut Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Commercial Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Coach House Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Commercial Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hornby Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hornby Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harriet Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Crown Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Harriet Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Harriet Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Denison Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Dillington Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bruce Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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