Postcode · Sheffield
Crime in S36 8AR
How much crime is recorded in S36 8AR, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Silkstone, Hoylandswaine & Cawthorne
- Council
- Barnsley
- Region
- Yorkshire and The Humber
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,976 (2024)
S36 8ARSheffield
How safe is S36 8AR
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 23.4 offences per 1,000 people a year in the S36 8AR area, below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 5 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
5/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
23.4
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
42
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
What crime is recorded
Offences per 1,000 people a year, at-risk population (residents plus people who work here; households for burglary).
S36 8ARNational
Violence and sexual offences17.323.6
Burglary10.19.1
Anti-social behaviour7.410.7
Public order4.64.6
Criminal damage and arson3.64.7
Vehicle crime2.73.5
Other crime1.41.5
Other theft1.44.5
Robbery0.71.4
Drugs0.42.4
Higher-harm crime over time
It has risen 50% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
10
20
30
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.