Total Crime Rate
154.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
91.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Church Street area has the 10th highest crime rate of 78 local areas in Hoyland Milton , and the 152nd highest crime rate of 845 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 Church Street (S74 0HX) in the last 12 months was 154.2 per 1,000 residents and was 71.9% higher than the Hoyland Milton average (89.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 91.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -15.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -38.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Church Street (S74 0HX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Wentworth Road, where police recorded 27 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cherry Tree Street (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Barnsley| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Dyer Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cherry Tree Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Eaden Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wentworth Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Levick Croft | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Wentworth Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Wentworth Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cherry Tree Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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