Total Crime Rate

500.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 500.0 10/10
  • Shoplifting 162.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 91.6 10/10
  • Other theft 63.4 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 42.3 10/10
  • Burglary 38.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 35.2 9/10
  • Public order 17.6 9/10
  • Robbery 17.6 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.6 8/10
  • Other crime 7.0 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 7.0 9/10
  • Drugs 3.5 4/10
  • Theft from the person 3.5 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 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

Middlewoods Way area has the highest crime rate of 19 local areas in Monk Bretton , and the 13th highest crime rate of 841 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 Middlewoods Way (S71 3HR) in the last 12 months was 500.0 per 1,000 residents and was 295.4% higher than the Monk Bretton average (126.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 46 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -44.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 38 (≈ 133.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -43.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Middlewoods Way (S71 3HR), the main crime hotspot is near Blakeley Close. Police recorded 95 crimes here, including 47 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Middlewoods Way area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (9/9)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Blakeley Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Laithes Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Blakeley Close —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Blakeley Close —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Blakeley Close —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Blakeley Close Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Derwent Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Derwent Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Blakeley Close Awaiting court outcome
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Data Sources

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