Total Crime Rate

114.9 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 114.9 8/10
  • Shoplifting 42.2 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 19.2 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 19.2 5/10
  • Public order 15.3 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.5 7/10
  • Drugs 3.8 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.8 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 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

Rowan Drive area has the 14th highest crime rate of 92 local areas in Darton East , and the 282nd highest crime rate of 841 local areas in Barnsley .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Rowan Drive (S75 2JG) in the last 12 months was 114.9 per 1,000 residents and was 102.8% 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -42.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 34.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 200.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 16.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Rowan Drive (S75 2JG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Treelands, where police recorded 16 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Vaughan Road (7 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Rowan Drive area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (4/4)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Woodview Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Woodview Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Treelands Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Treelands Under investigation
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Data Sources

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