Total Crime Rate
27.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
9.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Long Causeway area has the 17th lowest crime rate of 167 local areas in Central , and the 109th lowest crime rate of 845 local areas in Barnsley .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Long Causeway (S71 2JA) in the last 12 months was 27.3 per 1,000 residents and was 90.8% lower than the Central average (297.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Burglary with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 9.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -48.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Long Causeway (S71 2JA), the main crime hotspot is near Mary Ann Close. Police recorded 42 crimes here, including 10 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Monk Bretton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kitson Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Hanbury Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Mary Ann Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Mary Ann Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Mary Ann Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Mary Ann Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Mary Ann Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Mary Ann Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Mary Ann Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Mary Ann Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Mary Ann Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Mary Ann Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mary Ann Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parish Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Norman Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Norman Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Deacons Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chancel Way | — |
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