North East
WardNorth east Barnsley. About 11,453 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 14 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 100% of people in North East live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How North East compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is North East safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in North East at a rate of 103.9 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, 90 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in North East.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (473), other crime (176) and anti-social behaviour (170).
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 North East alone. See Barnsley
North East in brief
North East had 11,173 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in North East live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In North East, 79.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In North East, 2.7% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.