Total Crime Rate
105.6 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Frederick Avenue area has the 80th lowest crime rate of 167 local areas in Central , and the 308th highest crime rate of 841 local areas in Barnsley .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Frederick Avenue (S70 6JZ) in the last 12 months was 105.6 per 1,000 residents and was 67.2% lower than the Central average (321.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -40.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 18 (β 50.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 500.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Frederick Avenue (S70 6JZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Locke Street, where police recorded 58 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Sandford Court (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Central| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hawthorne Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Leopold Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Sandford Court | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | A6133 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | A6133 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | A6133 | β |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Locke Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Locke Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Locke Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Locke Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Locke Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Locke Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Locke Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Locke Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Fife Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Locke Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Dyson Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Crompton Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sandford Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sandford Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | The Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Dyson Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cranbrook Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fife Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Longcar Lane | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Blenheim Gardens | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bailey Croft | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Blenheim Gardens | β |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Leopold Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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