Total Crime Rate
86.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
54.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Huddersfield Road area has the 62nd lowest crime rate of 167 local areas in Central , and the 381st 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 Huddersfield Road (S75 1AJ) in the last 12 months was 86.3 per 1,000 residents and was 71.0% lower than the Central average (297.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 54.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 54.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 59.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Huddersfield Road (S75 1AJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Wilthorpe Green, where police recorded 47 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Wilthorpe Avenue (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Barnsley| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Walton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Queens Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wilthorpe Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wilthorpe Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Moorbank Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Wilthorpe Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Queens Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Walton Street | Under investigation |
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