Total Crime Rate
163.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Dobie Street area has the 51st highest crime rate of 167 local areas in Central , and the 151st highest crime rate of 841 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 Dobie Street (S70 4JH) in the last 12 months was 163.3 per 1,000 residents and was 49.3% lower than the Central average (321.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 85.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -26.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Dobie Street (S70 4JH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Sheffield Road, where police recorded 32 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Highstone View (26 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Central| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Quarry Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Mount Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Sheffield Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sheffield Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Victoria Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Union Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Copper Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Quarry Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Commercial Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Vernon Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Burleigh Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Burleigh Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Burleigh Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Burleigh Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Burleigh Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Clifton Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Sheffield Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | King Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Duke Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Highstone View | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Dillington Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Walnut Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rowan Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Highstone View | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Highstone View | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Highstone View | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Highstone View | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Highstone Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rowan Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Highstone View | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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