Crime Statistics for Silkstone Common, Barnsley, Barnsley, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Silkstone Common in August 2024. There were a total of 21 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Burglary.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Silkstone 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 Crime7
Burglary4
Anti Social Behaviour4
Shoplifting4
Public Order2
All Crime21

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 Silkstone 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 Silkstone Common

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Keresforth Hill (1.96 miles)66
Higham Common (1.75 miles)50
Silkstone (0.88 miles)13
Silkstone Common12
Moor End6
Crane Moor (1.96 miles)3
Pinfold Hill (1.24 miles)2
Four Lane End (1.75 miles)1
Berry Moor (0.62 miles)0
Hood Green (1.75 miles)0

3%
of Penistone East residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Silkstone Common?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Keresforth Hill17
Higham Common15
Silkstone Common7
Silkstone5
Crane Moor3
Moor End2
Pinfold Hill2
Four Lane End0
Berry Moor0
Hood Green0

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Silkstone 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 Silkstone 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 Silkstone Common compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Silkstone Common and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Silkstone Common is ranked #8.

#WardScore
1Kingstone86
2St Helens86
3Central84
4Stairfoot79
5Old Town67
6Rockingham66
7Darton East55
8Penistone East51
9Dodworth45
10Darton West43
11Denby Dale32

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

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Silkstone 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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