Crime Rates at Playford Yard, Hoyland, Barnsley, S74 0QY

Playford Yard area has the 29th highest crime rate of 78 local areas in Hoyland Milton , and the 391st highest crime rate of 841 local areas in Barnsley .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Playford Yard (S74 0QY) in the last 12 months was 82.6 per 1,000 residents and was 6.7% lower than the Hoyland Milton average (88.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 47.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 60.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -6.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Playford Yard (S74 0QY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Barnsley Road, where police recorded 17 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Grange View (6 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.