Total Crime Rate
210.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Hawthorn Way area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 21 local areas in Royston , and the 86th 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 Hawthorn Way (S71 4GD) in the last 12 months was 210.0 per 1,000 residents and was 126.3% higher than the Royston average (92.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 80.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 35.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hawthorn Way (S71 4GD), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 79 crimes here, including 17 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Royston| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Ruston Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Arundel Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | New Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Galway Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | The Lane | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Royston Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Maytree Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | B6428 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | B6428 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | B6428 | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Street | Under investigation |
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