Total Crime Rate

150.2 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 150.2 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 44.7 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 32.0 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 19.2 10/10
  • Public order 19.2 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 12.8 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.6 7/10
  • Other theft 6.4 6/10
  • Drugs 3.2 3/10
  • Other crime 3.2 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Cockerham Avenue area has the 58th highest crime rate of 167 local areas in Central , and the 174th 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 Cockerham Avenue (S75 1BA) in the last 12 months was 150.2 per 1,000 residents and was 53.3% lower than the Central average (321.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -42.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 70.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 37.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -18.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cockerham Avenue (S75 1BA), the main crime hotspot is near Caxton Street. Police recorded 27 crimes here, including 15 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Cockerham Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (11/11)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cavendish Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Honeywell Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pollitt Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Cavendish Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Allendale Road —
Sep 2025Public order Caxton Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hall Balk Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Pollitt Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rosehill Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rosehill Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hopwood Street —
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Data Sources

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