Total Crime Rate

275.0 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 275.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 92.3 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 44.2 10/10
  • Public order 34.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 30.8 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 17.3 9/10
  • Other crime 15.4 10/10
  • Burglary 11.5 9/10
  • Other theft 9.6 8/10
  • Drugs 7.7 7/10
  • Shoplifting 7.7 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.9 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Station Road area has the 8th highest crime rate of 90 local areas in Darfield , and the 51st 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 Station Road (S73 0BJ) in the last 12 months was 275.0 per 1,000 residents and was 129.5% higher than the Darfield average (119.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 48 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 2 cases , down -33.3% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 68 (≈ 130.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -39.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Station Road (S73 0BJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Bow Royd, where police recorded 9 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cotterdale Gardens (6 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Station Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Station Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bow Royd
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bow Royd Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bow Royd Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Station Road

Data Sources

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