Crime Statistics for Upper Cudworth, Barnsley, Barnsley, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Upper Cudworth in October 2024. There were a total of 90 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Anti Social Behaviour.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Upper Cudworth, 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	35
Anti Social Behaviour	18
Criminal Damage Arson	10
Burglary	7
Shoplifting	5
Vehicle Crime	4
Other Theft	3
Other Crime	3
Public Order	3
Robbery	1
Drugs	1
All Crime	90

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 Upper Cudworth. 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 Upper Cudworth

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Monk Bretton (1.75 miles)	433
Athersley South (1.86 miles)	419
Carlton (1.39 miles)	276
Athersley North (1.86 miles)	164
Cudworth (0.62 miles)	118
Upper Cudworth	90
Belle Green (0.62 miles)	87
Felkirk (1.86 miles)	64
Cudworth Common (1.39 miles)	62
Grimethorpe (1.86 miles)	60

Where are the most violent places near Upper Cudworth?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Athersley South	232
Monk Bretton	171
Athersley North	82
Carlton	80
Cudworth	51
Upper Cudworth	35
Belle Green	30
Felkirk	30
Cudworth Common	22
Grimethorpe	11

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Upper Cudworth?

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 Upper Cudworth 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 Upper Cudworth compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Upper Cudworth and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Upper Cudworth is ranked #9.

#	Ward	Score
1	St Helens	86
2	Central	84
3	Worsbrough	82
4	Royston	81
5	Monk Bretton	80
6	Stairfoot	79
7	Hemsworth	79
8	Darfield	78
9	Cudworth	73
10	Old Town	67
11	Crofton, Ryhill and Walton	59

Which road in Upper Cudworth has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Upper Cudworth with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around Weetshaw Close.