Crime Statistics for Platts Common, Barnsley, Barnsley, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Platts Common in August 2024. There were a total of 125 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Shoplifting.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Platts Common, 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 CategoryIncidents
Violent Crime32
Shoplifting19
Burglary14
Vehicle Crime13
Anti Social Behaviour13
Public Order10
Other Theft9
Criminal Damage Arson7
Drugs4
Other Crime3
Possession Of Weapons1
All Crime125

Map of street level crime incidents in August 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Platts Common. 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 Platts Common

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Milton (0.88 miles)154
Jump (1.24 miles)153
Platts Common125
Blacker Hill (0.62 miles)82
Birdwell (1.24 miles)55
Hemingfield (1.86 miles)54
Tankersley (1.75 miles)31
Harley (1.86 miles)24
Pilley (1.96 miles)15
Barrow (1.96 miles)5

2.52%
of Rockingham residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Platts Common?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Milton64
Jump54
Platts Common32
Hemingfield23
Blacker Hill15
Birdwell12
Harley10
Tankersley8
Pilley5
Barrow1

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

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 Platts Common 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 Platts Common compare to surrounding wards?

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

#WardScore
1Kingstone86
2Central84
3Worsbrough82
4Stairfoot79
5Wombwell73
6Keppel70
7Rockingham66
8Hoober64
9Hoyland Milton64
10Penistone East51
11Dodworth45

Which road in Platts Common has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: August 2024
Information provided by data.police.uk
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