Total Crime Rate
65.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
51.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Fish Dam Lane area has the 48th lowest crime rate of 167 local areas in Central , and the 362nd 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 Fish Dam Lane (S71 2PY) in the last 12 months was 65.5 per 1,000 residents and was 78.0% lower than the Central average (297.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Public order with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Other theft ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 51.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -57.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Fish Dam Lane (S71 2PY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Ainsdale Court, where police recorded 27 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Preston Way (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Monk Bretton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lytham Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Heysham Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Blundell Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Blundell Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Preston Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Preston Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Preston Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ainsdale Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Formby Court | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lowlands Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Carr Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Furness Dene | Under investigation |
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