Total Crime Rate
235.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Grange Lane area has the 27th highest crime rate of 167 local areas in Central , and the 68th highest crime rate of 841 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 Grange Lane (S71 5AA) in the last 12 months was 235.9 per 1,000 residents and was 26.7% lower than the Central average (321.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 99.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 61.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -63.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Grange Lane (S71 5AA), the main crime hotspot is near Wheatley Road. Police recorded 75 crimes here, including 17 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Central| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | School Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | School Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | School Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | School Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | School Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Grange Lane | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Grange Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Bank Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Oxford Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Oxford Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Wheatley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Wheatley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Shaftesbury Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shaftesbury Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Shaftesbury Street | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Shaftesbury Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Wheatley Road | Under investigation |
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