Total Crime Rate
439.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
223.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Fulmer Close area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 32 local areas in St Helens , and the 13th highest crime rate of 845 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 Fulmer Close (S71 2BX) in the last 12 months was 439.7 per 1,000 residents and was 207.1% higher than the St Helens average (143.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 48 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -80.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -80.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 63 (≈ 223.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -45.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Fulmer Close (S71 2BX), the main crime hotspot is near Aldbury Close. Police recorded 37 crimes here, including 27 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Barnsley| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Helen'S Boulevard | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Aldbury Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Totley Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Totley Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Totley Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Helen'S Boulevard | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Aldbury Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Aldbury Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Aldbury Close | Under investigation |
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