Crime Statistics for Monk Bretton, Barnsley, Barnsley, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Monk Bretton in September 2024. There were a total of 256 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 Monk Bretton, 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	88
Criminal Damage Arson	32
Anti Social Behaviour	30
Public Order	26
Shoplifting	22
Vehicle Crime	20
Burglary	13
Other Theft	10
Other Crime	9
Drugs	3
Theft From The Person	2
Possession Of Weapons	1
All Crime	256

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 Monk Bretton. 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 Monk Bretton

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Barnsley (1.39 miles)	914
Measborough Dike (1.24 miles)	483
Athersley North (1.39 miles)	389
Kendray (1.24 miles)	277
Monk Bretton	256
Athersley South (1.39 miles)	220
Cundy Cross (0.88 miles)	190
Stairfoot (1.39 miles)	170
Ardsley (1.75 miles)	141
Cudworth (1.39 miles)	98

Where are the most violent places near Monk Bretton?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Barnsley	347
Measborough Dike	184
Athersley North	140
Cundy Cross	97
Kendray	94
Monk Bretton	88
Athersley South	75
Stairfoot	60
Cudworth	42
Ardsley	33

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

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 Monk Bretton 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 Monk Bretton compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Monk Bretton and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Monk Bretton is ranked #7.

#	Ward	Score
1	Kingstone	86
2	St Helens	86
3	Central	84
4	Worsbrough	82
5	Royston	81
6	Monk Bretton	80
7	Stairfoot	79
8	Cudworth	73
9	Old Town	67
10	Dodworth	45
11	Darton West	43

Which road in Monk Bretton has the highest level of crime?

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