Total Crime Rate

113.3 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 113.3 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 50.8 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 23.4 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.7 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 7.8 4/10
  • Burglary 7.8 7/10
  • Public order 7.8 6/10
  • Other crime 3.9 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Avon Street area has the 80th highest crime rate of 167 local areas in Central , and the 287th highest crime rate of 841 local areas in Barnsley .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Avon Street (S71 1ED) in the last 12 months was 113.3 per 1,000 residents and was 64.8% 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -80.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 58.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -28.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 7.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Avon Street (S71 1ED), the main crime hotspot is near Carey Avenue. Police recorded 24 crimes here, including 17 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Avon Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (23/23)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Carey Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Queens Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clifton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Carey Avenue —
Sep 2025Public order Carey Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Carey Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Avon Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Gold Croft Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Gold Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Queens Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Bala Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Queens Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Grove Street —
Sep 2025Public order Oakwell Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oakwell Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Oakwell Vale Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oakwell Vale Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Osborne Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Clifton Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Carey Avenue —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences King Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Quarry Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Quarry Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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