Total Crime Rate

73.7 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 73.7 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 16.0 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 16.0 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.6 7/10
  • Other theft 9.6 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.6 8/10
  • Burglary 6.4 7/10
  • Public order 6.4 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Higham Common Road area has the 31st highest crime rate of 92 local areas in Darton East , and the 412th lowest crime rate of 841 local areas in Barnsley .

Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Higham Common Road (S75 1NQ) in the last 12 months was 73.7 per 1,000 residents and was 30.1% higher than the Darton East average (56.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 2 cases , down -33.3% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 22.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -22.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -37.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Higham Common Road (S75 1NQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Cawthorne Road, 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 2025Criminal damage and arson Nicholson Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Longley Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Cawthorne Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Coronation Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Longley Close —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sports/Recreation Area —
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Data Sources

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