Crime Statistics for Platts Common, Barnsley, Barnsley, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Platts Common in October 2024. There were a total of 128 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 Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	40
Shoplifting	25
Anti Social Behaviour	15
Vehicle Crime	12
Criminal Damage Arson	9
Other Theft	9
Other Crime	6
Public Order	5
Drugs	3
Burglary	2
Possession Of Weapons	1
Bicycle Theft	1
All Crime	128

Map of street level crime incidents in October 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.

Location	Crime Incidents
Jump (1.24 miles)	222
Milton (0.88 miles)	137
Platts Common	128
Hemingfield (1.86 miles)	78
Blacker Hill (0.62 miles)	56
Birdwell (1.24 miles)	46
Tankersley (1.75 miles)	36
Harley (1.86 miles)	28
Barrow (1.96 miles)	22
Pilley (1.96 miles)	18

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.

Location	Violent Incidents
Jump	63
Milton	42
Platts Common	40
Hemingfield	25
Blacker Hill	16
Birdwell	11
Harley	9
Barrow	9
Pilley	4
Tankersley	2

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.

#	Ward	Score
1	Kingstone	86
2	Central	84
3	Worsbrough	82
4	Stairfoot	79
5	Wombwell	73
6	Keppel	70
7	Rockingham	66
8	Hoober	64
9	Hoyland Milton	64
10	Penistone East	51
11	Dodworth	45

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.