Hoyland Milton
WardEast Barnsley. About 12,610 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 9.4 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 100% of people in Hoyland Milton live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Hoyland Milton compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Hoyland Milton safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Hoyland Milton at a rate of 80.3 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 107.1 per 1,000 people across Barnsley.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 104 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Hoyland Milton.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (337), anti-social behaviour (153) and other crime (143).
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Figures for the whole of Barnsley
These figures are published for the whole of Barnsley, not for each ward, so they describe all of Barnsley and not Hoyland Milton alone. See Barnsley
Hoyland Milton in brief
Hoyland Milton had 12,405 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in Hoyland Milton live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Hoyland Milton, 84.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Hoyland Milton, 2.9% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.