Total Crime Rate
128.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Woodland Drive area has the 11th highest crime rate of 92 local areas in Darton East , and the 235th highest crime rate of 841 local areas in Barnsley .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Woodland Drive (S70 6QN) in the last 12 months was 128.0 per 1,000 residents and was 125.8% higher than the Darton East average (56.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 71.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -26.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Woodland Drive (S70 6QN), the main crime hotspot is near Harewood Avenue. Police recorded 42 crimes here, including 34 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Darton East| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Harewood Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Woodland Drive | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hunter'S Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Harewood Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Garden Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Harewood Avenue | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Harewood Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Fall Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Harewood Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Harewood Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Harewood Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Daleswood Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Beaumont Avenue | — |
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