Total Crime Rate
42.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
22.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Highstone Road area has the 26th lowest crime rate of 167 local areas in Central , and the 212th lowest crime rate of 845 local areas in Barnsley .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Highstone Road (S70 4DD) in the last 12 months was 42.1 per 1,000 residents and was 85.9% 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 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 22.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -78.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Highstone Road (S70 4DD), 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 | Vehicle crime | Bruce Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sheffield Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harriet Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Bruce Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chestnut Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Commercial Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Dillington Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sheffield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Sheffield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sheffield Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sheffield Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Beech Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Highstone View | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tune Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tune Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Commercial Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Beech Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beech Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Dillington Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dillington Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Dillington Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Harriet Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Harriet Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Harriet Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Stoneleigh Croft | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Freeman Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Denison Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Crown Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pindar Oaks Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pindar Oaks Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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