Total Crime Rate

64.0 per 1,000 6/10 · Typical

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 64.0 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 26.9 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 23.6 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.4 2/10
  • Public order 3.4 3/10
  • Robbery 3.4 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.4 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Higham Common Road area has the 36th highest crime rate of 92 local areas in Darton East , and the 351st lowest crime rate of 841 local areas in Barnsley .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Higham Common Road (S75 1LE) in the last 12 months was 64.0 per 1,000 residents and was 12.9% higher than the Darton East average (56.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 33.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -28.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -14.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Higham Common Road (S75 1LE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Nicholson Avenue, where police recorded 9 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near St Austell Drive (5 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Higham Common Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (6/6)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Longley Close —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Coronation Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Longley Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sports/Recreation Area —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Nicholson Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Cawthorne Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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