Total Crime Rate

97.6 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

43.8 per 1,000 7/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 97.6 8/10
  • Violent crimes 43.8 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 26.9 10/10
  • Public order 20.2 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 20.2 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.1 5/10
  • Burglary 6.7 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.7 6/10
  • Other crime 3.4 4/10
  • Robbery 3.4 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Hope Street area has the 82nd lowest crime rate of 167 local areas in Central , and the 324th highest crime rate of 845 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 Hope Street (S75 2AU) in the last 12 months was 97.6 per 1,000 residents and was 67.2% lower than the Central average (297.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Criminal damage and arson with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -57.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 43.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -31.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -32.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hope Street (S75 2AU), the main crime hotspot is near Summer 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 Hope Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (21/21)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Summer Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Thorntree Lane —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Lingard Court —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Summer Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Buckden Road Further action is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Buckden Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Station Road —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Queen'S Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Station Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Summer Lane —
Apr 2026Public order Summer Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Guest Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Farrar Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Stock'S Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Welbeck Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Newton Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lingard Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Gawber Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Welbeck Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Gawber Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wellfield Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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