Total Crime Rate
145.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
50.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hawthorn Way area has the 4th highest crime rate of 21 local areas in Royston , and the 177th highest crime rate of 845 local areas in Barnsley .
The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.
The overall crime rate in the area around Hawthorn Way (S71 4GD) in the last 12 months was 145.0 per 1,000 residents and was 68.7% higher than the Royston average (85.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 50.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -28.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -56.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hawthorn Way (S71 4GD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 59 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Strawberry Gardens (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Royston| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chantry Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | B6428 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | B6428 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Jack Close Orchard | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rowland Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | B6428 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | B6428 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Galway Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Strawberry Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Strawberry Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Strawberry Gardens | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Strawberry Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Strawberry Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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