Total Crime Rate

3.0 per 1,000 1/10 · Very Low

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

3.0 per 1,000 1/10 · Very Low

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 3.0 1/10
  • Violent crimes 3.0 1/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 3.0 1/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 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
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Sparkfields area has the lowest crime rate of 94 local areas in Darton East , and the lowest 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 Sparkfields (S75 6BH) in the last 12 months was 3.0 per 1,000 residents and was 94.5% lower than the Darton East average (54.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violence and sexual offences with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2025, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.

Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 3.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -90.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Sparkfields (S75 6BH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Long Croft, where police recorded 14 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Wellgate (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Sparkfields area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (9/9)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Putter Close —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Hewer Way —
Apr 2026Burglary Royd Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Moorside Close —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wellgate Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Pye Avenue —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Towngate —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Long Croft —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wellgate Under investigation
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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