Total Crime Rate

150.2 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 150.2 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 44.7 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 32.0 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 19.2 10/10
  • Public order 19.2 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 12.8 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.6 7/10
  • Other theft 6.4 6/10
  • Drugs 3.2 3/10
  • Other crime 3.2 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 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

Greenhill Avenue area has the 58th highest crime rate of 167 local areas in Central , and the 174th highest crime rate of 841 local areas in Barnsley .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Greenhill Avenue (S71 1JJ) in the last 12 months was 150.2 per 1,000 residents and was 53.3% lower than the Central average (321.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -42.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 70.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 37.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -18.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Greenhill Avenue (S71 1JJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Canal Street, where police recorded 27 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Honeywell Close (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

View Crime In Central

Crime Over Time in Greenhill Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (22/22)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wentworth Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Caxton Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Halifax Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Halifax Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Windham Close —
Sep 2025Public order Wentworth Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Windham Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Honeywell Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Canal Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Canal Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Leighton Close —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Aqueduct Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Leighton Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Honeywell Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bridge Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rosehill Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rosehill Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Honeywell Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Bridge Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Bridge Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Clanricarde Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Honeywell Place Under investigation
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Data Sources

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