Total Crime Rate
209.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Keresforth Hill Road area has the 32nd highest crime rate of 167 local areas in Central , and the 88th 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 Keresforth Hill Road (S70 6RQ) in the last 12 months was 209.0 per 1,000 residents and was 35.1% 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 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 67.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 80.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -37.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Keresforth Hill Road (S70 6RQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Locke Street, where police recorded 58 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Ellington Court (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Central| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Locke Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Locke Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Dyson Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Dyson Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Locke Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Locke Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Locke Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cranbrook Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Locke Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Locke Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Locke Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ellington Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ellington Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Keresforth Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Keresforth Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Locke Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | B6099 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | B6099 | Under investigation |
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