Total Crime Rate

129.1 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 129.1 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 48.1 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 15.2 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 12.7 6/10
  • Other crime 12.7 10/10
  • Public order 10.1 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.6 6/10
  • Burglary 5.1 6/10
  • Drugs 5.1 6/10
  • Other theft 5.1 5/10
  • Robbery 5.1 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.5 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Common Road area has the 8th highest crime rate of 22 local areas in North East , and the 230th 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 Common Road (S72 9HF) in the last 12 months was 129.1 per 1,000 residents and was 35.5% higher than the North East average (95.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 65.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 52.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -30.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Common Road (S72 9HF), the main crime hotspot is near Common Road. Police recorded 13 crimes here, including 10 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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