Postcode · Barnsley
Crime in S75 5RL
How much crime is recorded in S75 5RL, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Walton, Woolley & Bretton
- Council
- Wakefield
- Region
- Yorkshire and The Humber
- Neighbourhood population
- 2,075 (2024)
S75 5RLBarnsley
How safe is S75 5RL
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 16.0 offences per 1,000 people a year in the S75 5RL area, well below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 4 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
4/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
16.0
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
44
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).
S75 5RLNational
Anti-social behaviour12.010.7
Burglary10.99.1
Violence and sexual offences7.423.6
Other theft4.84.5
Vehicle crime4.53.5
Public order4.24.6
Criminal damage and arson3.24.7
Drugs2.02.4
Other crime1.01.5
Possession of weapons1.00.9
Theft from the person0.32.1
Shoplifting0.38.4
Higher-harm crime over time
It has risen 15% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
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10
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40
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.