Total Crime Rate

122.8 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 122.8 8/10
  • Shoplifting 32.9 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 21.0 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 21.0 5/10
  • Other theft 15.0 9/10
  • Public order 15.0 9/10
  • Burglary 6.0 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.0 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.0 2/10
  • Drugs 3.0 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Sheffield Road area has the 15th highest crime rate of 78 local areas in Hoyland Milton , and the 255th 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 Sheffield Road (S74 0DN) in the last 12 months was 122.8 per 1,000 residents and was 38.7% higher than the Hoyland Milton average (88.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -75.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 35.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -31.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Sheffield Road (S74 0DN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 18 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Central Street (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Sheffield Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Watson Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Calvert Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fitzwilliam Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fitzwilliam Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Sheffield Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hoyland Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hoyland Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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