Total Crime Rate

100.7 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 100.7 8/10
  • Shoplifting 32.4 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 28.8 9/10
  • Burglary 14.4 9/10
  • Public order 10.8 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.2 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 7.2 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 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
  • Robbery 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

Medina Way area has the 19th highest crime rate of 92 local areas in Darton East , and the 324th highest crime rate of 841 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 Medina Way (S75 1QA) in the last 12 months was 100.7 per 1,000 residents and was 77.7% higher than the Darton East average (56.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violence and sexual offences with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -35.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 18.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 150.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -34.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Medina Way (S75 1QA), the main crime hotspot is near Langdale Road. Police recorded 12 crimes here, including 7 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Medina Way area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sports/Recreation Area —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Longley Close —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Longley Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Norwood Drive —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Barnsley Road —

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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