Crime and Safety in Adwick le Street, South Yorkshire
Last updated: 07 Jun 2026
Adwick le Street is among the top 10 most dangerous small towns in South Yorkshire, and is the 28th most dangerous overall out of South Yorkshire's 109 towns, villages, and cities. The overall crime rate in Adwick le Street in 2026 is 108 crimes per 1,000 people. This compares poorly to South Yorkshire's overall crime rate, coming in 24% higher than the South Yorkshire rate of 87 per 1,000 daytime population. For England, Wales, and Northern Ireland as a whole, Adwick le Street is the 41st most dangerous small town, and the 440th most dangerous location out of all towns, cities, and villages.
In August 2024, Adwick le Street had the worst crime rate in South Yorkshire for shoplifting, with 46 crimes reported and a crime rate of 2.6 per 1,000 daytime population. And in February 2026, Adwick le Street was the worst small town in South Yorkshire for criminal damage and arson, with 22 crimes reported and a crime rate of 1.2 per 1,000 daytime population. March 2026 was also a bad month for Adwick le Street residents, when it was again South Yorkshire's most dangerous small town for criminal damage and arson, recording 30 crimes at a rate of 1.6 per 1,000 daytime population.
The most common crimes in Adwick le Street are violence and sexual offences, with 905 offences during 2026, giving a crime rate of 50. This is 1.2% higher than 2025's figure of 894 offences and a difference of 0.54 from 2025's crime rate of 49. Adwick le Street's least common crime is theft from the person, with 2 offences recorded in 2026, a decrease of 33% from 2025's figure of 3 crimes.
Adwick le Street 2026 Crime Scorecard
Top 10 Most Dangerous
Small Towns, South Yorkshire
27% higher, regional crime rate
Yorkshire and The Humber
50% higher, national crime rate
England, Wales & NI
Local Crime in Context
As of April 2026, the crime rate in Adwick le Street is 27% higher than Yorkshire and The Humber and 50% higher than the England, Wales & Northern Ireland overall figure.
Adwick le Street Crime Rate Over Time
| Adwick le Street | |
| Yorkshire and The Humber | |
| England, Wales & NI |
Adwick le Street Crime Map
Incidents mapped in Adwick le Street represent the time frame between January 2016 and April 2026. Each point on the map represents an area where crimes have been recorded locally.
Use Crime Map
Hover over a point to see a breakdown of crime types recorded at that location. You can also filter by individual crime types, or use a combinations of offences to visualise the data you need.
See How Adwick le Street Compares
You can compare Adwick le Street's crime statistics against any other town, village, or city from across the country. Search for a location's name below to see how they stack up.
Introduction to Adwick le Street's crime statistics
This crime profile provides a detailed view of crime and safety around Adwick le Street up to April 2026, the most recent data release available. The crime figures and statistics have been calculated across each of Adwick le Street's 394 postcodes using three area sizes for comparison:
- Within a Five-Minute Walk
- Within a Ten-Minute Walk
- Within a Fifteen-Minute Walk
Individual crime risk scores and index figures are for the 12-month period ending April 2026 unless otherwise stated.
CrimeRate Insights
Looking into a specific address in Adwick le Street? CrimeRate Insights reports convert raw numbers into practical insight for any location, from single addresses and postcodes, up to major towns and cities.
Crime rates don’t happen by themselves; they follow people and patterns. Where crowds gather - near pubs and late-night venues, around the station, by supermarkets and forecourts - incidents naturally concentrate.
That doesn’t mean an area is "bad"; it usually means footfall is higher.
Your report explores these factors in a calm, non-judgemental way, putting the numbers in context and helping you spot what’s typical for places like this.
Crime Risk Scores
Adwick le Street • 12 Months Ending April 2026
The typical five-minute walk within Adwick le Street has a crime risk score of 706. This is based on analysis of 394 nearby areas within Adwick le Street, with "most" referring to roughly two thirds of the nearby locations.
Crime risk scores are on a scale of 1 to 1,000 and consider the severity of the crimes involved, as determined by sentencing guidelines. A score of 1 represents the lowest risk, and 1,000 the highest risk. This approach ensures that - unlike overall crime rate figures - bicycle theft is not given the same importance in Adwick le Street's risk scores as, for example, robbery, or violence & sexual offences.
Within a five-minute walk of the typical location in Adwick le Street, crime risk scores are typically around 706, while in South Yorkshire they are average 590.
Areas within a ten-minute walk typically see crime risk scores of 791 (621 for South Yorkshire), and scores within a fifteen-minute walk are most often around 850 (South Yorkshire 651).
Trends in Crime Risk
Adwick le Street
Calculated via Seasonal and Trend decomposition using Loess, the Seasonality Adjusted line represents the original data with seasonality subtracted, and the Trend line has been plotted unadjusted. Overall trend direction has been identified using the Mann-Kendall trend test, and rate calculated from the slope of the best-fit line identified from linear regression.
The 10-year trend indicates an increase of 40% in Adwick le Street's crime risk score. This is potentially a strong signal of how the crime risk is evolving. Cross-referencing with major cultural events and Covid's impact during this time is advised.
Looking at the previous five years, the trend in Adwick le Street's crime risk score is up by 6%. While potentially a good indicator of the overall risk trend, analysis may offer further insight when combined with the checks mentioned above.
Over the last year, Adwick le Street's crime risk score has shown an upward trend of approximately 2.3%, indicating that the risk profile is going up. This is an extremely short time period for crime trend analysis, and caution should be exercised when interpreting this figure.
Crime Rates and Indexes
Adwick le Street
The CrimeRate Index shows how crime rates compare against the national average.
1.0 equals the average
2.0 is double
3.0 triple
0.5 is half and
0.25 a quarter.
Highest Crime Rates
Adwick le Street • 12 Months Ending April 2026
Excluding other crime and other theft because their geographic location is often not relevant, anti-social behaviour as its definition is too wide, and bicycle theft for its specificity.
Criminal Damage and Arson offences have a crime rate of 15 reports per 1,000 people in Adwick le Street, which is 2.41 times the national average. This figure is calculated from 275 crime reports logged by South Yorkshire Police during the 12-month period ending April 2026.
For the same period, South Yorkshire Police recorded 184 reports of Vehicle Crime in Adwick le Street, resulting in a crime rate of 10 reports per 1,000, and a CrimeRate Index of 2.36.
The crime rate for Robbery is 1.65 times the national average at 1.45 reports per 1,000. This is from 26 crime reports reported to South Yorkshire Police.
Most Significant 3-Year Increases in Crime Types
Adwick le Street
Excluding other crime and other theft, anti-social behaviour, and bicycle theft, and calculated with the same STL method described in Trends in Crime Risk, using CrimeRate Index figures to identify crime types that are trending above or below the national average, and the analysis timeframe limited to the last three years.
Violence and Sexual Offences are trending upwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 1.30 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Violence and Sexual Offences CrimeRate Index was 1.40 times the national average, and the current trend indicates an increase of 7% over this timeframe.
Robbery offences are trending upwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 1.10 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Robbery CrimeRate Index was 0.67 times the national average, and the current trend indicates an increase of 64% over this timeframe.
Vehicle Crime offences are trending upwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 1.71 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Vehicle Crime CrimeRate Index was 3.68 times the national average, and the current trend indicates an increase of 54% over this timeframe.
Most Significant 3-Year Decreases in Crime Types
Adwick le Street
Calculated with the same methodology as the largest increases section above.
Public Order offences are trending downwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 1.48 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Public Order CrimeRate Index was 1.48 times the national average, and the current trend indicates a decrease of 0% over this timeframe.
Burglary offences are trending downwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 0.92 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Burglary CrimeRate Index was 1.30 times the national average, and the current trend indicates a decrease of 29% over this timeframe.
Shoplifting offences are trending downwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 1.83 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Shoplifting CrimeRate Index was 1.24 times the national average, and the current trend indicates a decrease of 48% over this timeframe.
Crime Type Breakdown & Heat Map
Adwick le Street • 12 Months Ending April 2026
Size and colour reflect the CrimeRate Index figures for each type of crime.
Adwick le Street | South Yorkshire | Yorkshire and The Humber | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crime Type | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index |
| Anti-Social Behaviour | 369 | 20.29 | 1.44 | 26,700 | 16.86 | 1.19 | 77,875 | 12.35 | 0.87 |
| Bicycle Theft | 6 | 0.34 | 1.10 | 795 | 0.50 | 0.68 | 4,306 | 0.68 | 0.93 |
| Burglary | 84 | 4.62 | 1.48 | 7,325 | 4.62 | 1.48 | 27,843 | 4.41 | 1.41 |
| Criminal Damage and Arson | 275 | 15.14 | 2.41 | 13,544 | 8.55 | 1.36 | 47,570 | 7.55 | 1.20 |
| Drugs | 47 | 2.59 | 0.84 | 4,941 | 3.12 | 1.01 | 19,757 | 3.14 | 1.02 |
| Other Crime | 74 | 4.08 | 2.21 | 5,189 | 3.30 | 1.78 | 18,290 | 2.91 | 1.57 |
| Other Theft | 115 | 6.34 | 1.11 | 8,713 | 5.49 | 0.96 | 36,443 | 5.78 | 1.02 |
| Possession of Weapons | 24 | 1.32 | 1.55 | 1,857 | 1.17 | 1.38 | 5,827 | 0.93 | 1.09 |
| Public Order | 134 | 7.38 | 1.27 | 11,818 | 7.46 | 1.29 | 47,514 | 7.55 | 1.30 |
| Robbery | 26 | 1.45 | 1.65 | 2,064 | 1.30 | 1.10 | 7,156 | 1.13 | 0.96 |
| Shoplifting | 88 | 4.85 | 0.74 | 13,959 | 8.83 | 1.24 | 48,695 | 7.71 | 1.08 |
| Theft From the Person | 2 | 0.11 | 0.42 | 874 | 0.53 | 0.34 | 3,568 | 0.57 | 0.37 |
| Vehicle Crime | 184 | 10.13 | 2.36 | 9,918 | 6.27 | 1.46 | 30,637 | 4.87 | 1.13 |
| Violence and Sexual Offences | 905 | 49.79 | 1.64 | 56,798 | 35.86 | 1.18 | 239,898 | 38.04 | 1.25 |
Download | |||||||||
Total Crime by Year
Adwick le Street | South Yorkshire | Yorkshire and The Humber | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index |
| 2026 | 1,964 | 108.14 | 1.56 | 137,795 | 87.00 | 1.21 | 537,504 | 85.27 | 1.18 |
| 2025 | 2,141 | 118.59 | 1.65 | 142,062 | 90.64 | 1.22 | 553,826 | 88.44 | 1.19 |
| 2024 | 1,988 | 111.02 | 1.51 | 147,112 | 95.02 | 1.26 | 576,330 | 93.00 | 1.23 |
| 2023 | 2,243 | 126.98 | 1.67 | 154,648 | 101.06 | 1.28 | 611,034 | 99.55 | 1.26 |
| 2022 | 1,972 | 113.29 | 1.52 | 145,166 | 96.23 | 1.25 | 574,808 | 94.84 | 1.23 |
| 2021 | 1,675 | 97.13 | 1.45 | 128,797 | 85.77 | 1.25 | 501,180 | 83.02 | 1.21 |
| 2020 | 1,713 | 99.30 | 1.40 | 138,295 | 92.12 | 1.24 | 549,148 | 91.15 | 1.23 |
| 2019 | 1,786 | 102.86 | 1.39 | 139,154 | 92.74 | 1.22 | 568,297 | 94.66 | 1.24 |
| 2018 | 1,813 | 104.74 | 1.52 | 135,249 | 90.22 | 1.27 | 514,090 | 85.73 | 1.21 |
| 2017 | 1,460 | 84.35 | 1.39 | 115,638 | 77.26 | 1.21 | 456,998 | 76.46 | 1.20 |
| 2016 | 366 | 21.10 | 1.17 | 30,755 | 20.56 | 1.08 | 133,274 | 22.31 | 1.17 |
Download | |||||||||
Adwick le Street Compared to Nearby Small Towns
12 Months Ending Apr 2026
| Small Town | Total Crimes | Crime Rate | Rate Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rawmarsh | 2,347 | 122.04 | 13% more dangerous |
| Mexborough | 1,946 | 116.88 | 8% more dangerous |
| Edlington | 1,052 | 116.17 | 7% more dangerous |
| Worsbrough | 920 | 108.19 | 0.05% more dangerous |
| Adwick le Street | 1,964 | 108.14 | - |
| Hatfield | 1,804 | 98.83 | 9% safer |
| Dalton | 1,067 | 97.61 | 10% safer |
| Brierley | 152 | 66.51 | 38% safer |
| Conisbrough | 1,017 | 92.21 | 15% safer |
| Dinnington St. John's | 987 | 92.29 | 15% safer |
| Thurnscoe | 907 | 90.84 | 16% safer |
| Thurcroft | 768 | 86.91 | 20% safer |
| Thorne | 1,592 | 84.38 | 22% safer |
| Cudworth and Shafton | 986 | 80.07 | 26% safer |
| Hoyland | 1,225 | 80.65 | 25% safer |
Comparing Adwick le Street to the UK's Major Cities
12 Months Ending Apr 2026
| City Name | Crime Rate | Rate Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Cardiff | 79.55 | 26% safer |
| Newcastle upon Tyne | 82.69 | 24% safer |
| Sheffield | 84.09 | 22% safer |
| Leicester | 97.87 | 9% safer |
| Bristol | 104.64 | 3.2% safer |
| Birmingham | 105.05 | 2.9% safer |
| Liverpool | 106.48 | 1.5% safer |
| Leeds | 107.10 | 0.96% safer |
| Nottingham | 107.74 | 0.37% safer |
| Adwick le Street | 108.14 | - |
| Westminster | 125.00 | 16% more dangerous |
CrimeRate Pro
To download charts and tables, you must subscribed to CrimeRate Pro
You can find out more, or get a CrimeRate Insights report that includes further analysis.
Offences In and Around Adwick le Street's Parks & Leisure Spaces
Limited to spaces in Adwick le Street that are named and have had crimes recorded within their boundaries in the 12 months to Apr 2026.
| Name | ASB | Drugs | Public Order | Robbery | VSO | All Others |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Park | 24 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 30 | 17 |
| Adwick Leisure Complex | 13 | 1 | 2 | - | 22 | 17 |
Recent Crimes in Adwick le Street
The 20 most recent crime reports in Adwick le Street.
| Date | Crime Type | Location | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| April 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | On or near Cranleigh Gardens | |
| April 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | On or near Owston Lane | |
| April 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | On or near Beech Road | |
| April 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | On or near Owston Lane | |
| April 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | On or near Acacia Road | |
| April 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | On or near East Avenue | |
| April 2026 | Drugs | On or near Lake Road | |
| April 2026 | Other crime | On or near Cemetery Road | |
| April 2026 | Other theft | On or near East Avenue | |
| April 2026 | Public order | On or near Ancient Drive | |
| April 2026 | Shoplifting | On or near Supermarket | |
| April 2026 | Shoplifting | On or near Supermarket | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Lutterworth Drive | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Beech Road | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Queen'S Road | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Lutterworth Drive | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Lutterworth Drive | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Lutterworth Drive | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Ash Road | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Kennington Avenue |
Methodology & Data Sources
Adwick le Street Crime Report
Data Sources & Processing
Every month, CrimeRate processes crime reports from data.police.uk, the UK's official provider of open crime report data. Each crime report includes anonymised coordinates, most often "snapped" to the middle of the nearest street, or to the nearest major landmark. The reports also include the month and year the crime was reported, as well as the type of crime.
Data releases on data.police.uk happen once a month, with a two-month delay. This means that, for example, crimes reported in Adwick le Street during July 2026 will typically become available in September 2026. The latest release is for Apr 2026 and was released in Jun 2026. To provide current and historical crime statistics, CrimeRate processed 61,669,232 crime reports for the latest release.
Adwick le Street Data Points
For Adwick le Street, CrimeRate uses the geographic boundaries provided by The Office for National Statistics in the December 2022 release of their Built Up Areas dataset, using the BUA22CD column value E63001134.
Due to the 2021 Census being conducted during a UK-wide Coronavirus lockdown, the daytime population figures released so far cannot be relied on for purposes such as comparing crime rates. Instead, CrimeRate uses Adwick le Street's daytime - or "workday" - population of 11,955 from the ONS 2011 Census for calculations throughout the site.
All geographic boundaries use the full resolution - extent of the realm versions where provided to avoid missing crime reports near coastlines and rivers - the banks of the Thames in particular - that would otherwise not be included when using the clipped to the coastline datasets.
Calculating Crime Rates
CrimeRate locates the UK region, county, and town/city/village locality for each crime report, and calculates the crime rate by taking the sum of all crime reports, dividing it by the locality's daytime / "workday" population, and multiplying the result by 1,000 to get the crime rate per 1,000.
Crime Risk Score Calculations
CrimeRate calculates crime counts for local, nearby, and wider areas for every postcode in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland. The postcodes locations are deduplicated by a process that ensures distinct points are approximately 50 metres apart. This process removes the bias that would otherwise come from counting the same crimes several times in heavily populated areas.
Using a custom algorithm developed in-house, CrimeRate applies a crime severity weighting to each area's crime counts, based on the type of crime reported. This increases or decreases the crime count, or zeroes it out entirely, depending on the crime type. A separate crime severity rate is then calculated, standardised, and scaled to fit the crime risk score range of 1 to 1,000, with 1 being the lowest score, and 1,000 the highest.
Crime risk scores undergo further analysis per town, city, and village plus other areas including police forces and neighbourhoods. CrimeRate uses percentiles to work out the most common range of crime risk scores in each locality. This includes identifying the high and low bounds where approximately 68% of scores fall, and finding the median (50th percentile) for easy reference.
The crime types with a weight of zero are: Anti-Social Behaviour; Bicycle Theft; Other Crime; Other Theft; and Shoplifting. The highest weights to are assigned to Violence & Sexual Offences, and the lowest to Vehicle Crime.
Frequently Asked Questions
Crime in Adwick le Street