Total Crime Rate
137.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
65.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Ollerton Road area has the 11th highest crime rate of 32 local areas in St Helens , and the 199th highest crime rate of 845 local areas in Barnsley .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Ollerton Road (S71 3DR) in the last 12 months was 137.3 per 1,000 residents and was 4.1% lower 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 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 65.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 22.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -60.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ollerton Road (S71 3DR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Kirkby Avenue, where police recorded 55 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Mansfield Road (26 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Barnsley| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Oxton Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Kirkby Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Laithes Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Laithes Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Laithes Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Laithes Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Laithes Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ollerton Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ollerton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rufford Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Rufford Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Rufford Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kirkby Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kirkby Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Kirkby Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Kirkby Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Kirkby Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Laithes Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Oxton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Kirkby Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kirkby Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kirkby Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mansfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mansfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Mansfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Kirkby Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Radcliffe Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Radcliffe Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clipstone Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oxton Road | Under investigation |
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