Crime · Barnsley

Reported crime in Barnsley

Name: Barnsley crime statistics
Creator: police.uk
License: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

12,404 incidents logged with the police in the past 12 months, around 153 per 1,000 residents.

Total incidents

12,404

Rate / 1,000

153

By category

Category	Incidents	Share
Violence and sexual offences	4,301	35%
Anti social behaviour	1,923	16%
Shoplifting	1,241	10%
Criminal damage and arson	1,092	9%
Public order	1,005	8%
Other theft	671	5%
Burglary	511	4%
Vehicle crime	499	4%
Other crime	415	3%
Drugs	376	3%
Robbery	161	1%
Possession of weapons	107	1%
Theft from the person	64	1%
Bicycle theft	38	0%

Category by month

Category	Sept	Oct	Nov	Dec	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Total
Violence and sexual offences	384	335	344	345	325	318	345	356	396	409	396	348	4301
Anti social behaviour	179	189	121	151	106	126	139	142	200	157	187	226	1923
Shoplifting	91	110	80	75	64	77	160	82	114	80	166	142	1241
Criminal damage and arson	78	100	67	67	88	66	100	120	92	100	109	105	1092
Public order	99	87	84	71	72	51	75	83	90	112	95	86	1005
Other theft	44	48	48	77	52	45	57	56	48	57	63	76	671
Burglary	31	49	59	79	42	28	28	43	30	36	53	33	511
Vehicle crime	41	42	51	43	38	35	42	42	51	36	27	51	499
Other crime	58	35	29	29	41	23	38	30	42	38	30	22	415
Drugs	31	31	59	32	34	24	34	24	20	27	32	28	376
Robbery	12	18	8	8	16	17	19	17	10	15	14	7	161
Possession of weapons	7	7	10	12	9	5	7	5	11	14	11	9	107
Theft from the person	8	4	8	5	4	6	6	3	7	6	2	5	64
Bicycle theft	1	2	3	2	5	1	4	8	1	5	3	3	38
Total	1064	1057	971	996	896	822	1054	1011	1112	1092	1188	1141	12404

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police.uk street-level crime for the Census neighbourhoods (LSOAs) covering Barnsley, Sept 2025 to Aug 2026. The rate uses those neighbourhoods’ Census 2021 population of 81,026.