Crime Statistics for Billingley, Barnsley, Barnsley, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Billingley in September 2024. There were a total of 19 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Criminal Damage Arson.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Billingley, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	5
Criminal Damage Arson	4
Anti Social Behaviour	3
Other Crime	3
Other Theft	2
Vehicle Crime	2
All Crime	19

Map of street level crime incidents in September 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Billingley. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.

Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Billingley

We've taken the ten nearest places to Billingley and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Billingley has more crime than other surrounding areas.

Location	Crime Incidents
Highgate (1.39 miles)	217
Thurnscoe East (1.96 miles)	190
Thurnscoe (1.39 miles)	160
Broomhill (1.75 miles)	123
Millhouses (0.62 miles)	92
Little Houghton (0.88 miles)	85
Bolton Upton Dearne (1.75 miles)	69
Billingley	19
Great Houghton (1.24 miles)	16
Sandhill (1.24 miles)	16

Where are the most violent places near Billingley?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Billingley and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

Location	Violent Incidents
Highgate	144
Thurnscoe East	67
Thurnscoe	51
Broomhill	40
Millhouses	36
Little Houghton	35
Bolton Upton Dearne	22
Billingley	5
Great Houghton	4
Sandhill	4

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Billingley?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Billingley to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Billingley compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Billingley and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Billingley is ranked #5.

#	Ward	Score
1	Dearne North	92
2	Worsbrough	82
3	South Elmsall and South Kirkby	81
4	Stairfoot	79
5	Darfield	78
6	Dearne South	74
7	Wombwell	73
8	Swinton	69
9	North East	68
10	Wath	68
11	Hoyland Milton	64

Which road in Billingley has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Billingley with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around this marker.