Crime Statistics for Measborough Dike, Barnsley, Barnsley, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Measborough Dike in September 2024. There were a total of 550 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Vehicle Crime.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Measborough Dike, 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	184
Vehicle Crime	66
Anti Social Behaviour	64
Criminal Damage Arson	60
Public Order	48
Burglary	34
Other Theft	28
Shoplifting	28
Other Crime	20
Drugs	8
Robbery	4
Bicycle Theft	2
Theft From The Person	2
Possession Of Weapons	2
All Crime	550

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 Measborough Dike. 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 Measborough Dike

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Barnsley (1.39 miles)	914
Measborough Dike	483
Shaw Lands (1.96 miles)	459
Kendray	277
Monk Bretton (1.24 miles)	256
Cundy Cross (0.88 miles)	190
Stairfoot (0.62 miles)	170
Ardsley (1.24 miles)	141
Ward Green (1.39 miles)	104
Blacker Hill (1.86 miles)	82

Where are the most violent places near Measborough Dike?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Barnsley	347
Measborough Dike	184
Shaw Lands	145
Cundy Cross	97
Kendray	94
Monk Bretton	88
Stairfoot	60
Ward Green	39
Ardsley	33
Blacker Hill	15

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

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 Measborough Dike 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 Measborough Dike compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Measborough Dike and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Measborough Dike is ranked #6.

#	Ward	Score
1	Kingstone	86
2	St Helens	86
3	Central	84
4	Worsbrough	82
5	Monk Bretton	80
6	Stairfoot	79
7	Cudworth	73
8	Old Town	67
9	Rockingham	66
10	Hoyland Milton	64
11	Dodworth	45

Which road in Measborough Dike has the highest level of crime?

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