S71
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Barnsley, Royston and Monk Bretton, in Barnsley.
Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an S71 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In S71, 94.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How S71 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is S71 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in S71 at a rate of 129.4 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 109.1 per 1,000 people across S.
In August 2026 alone, 508 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in S71.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (2,233), other crime (1,102) and anti-social behaviour (1,059).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in S71 was 134.6 per 1,000 people.
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.
Deprivation in S71, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so S71 has no single figure. Of its 29 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 10 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in S71
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barnsley 001A | 2,463 | 124.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 84.3% |
| Barnsley 001B | 1,611 | 101.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 84.6% |
| Barnsley 001C | 1,430 | 45.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 97.2% |
| Barnsley 001D | 1,451 | 40.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 95.0% |
| Barnsley 002A | 1,655 | 81.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 91.3% |
| Barnsley 002B | 1,391 | 110.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 95.0% |
| Barnsley 002C | 1,399 | 180.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 77.2% |
| Barnsley 002D | 1,478 | 150.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 92.8% |
| Barnsley 007A | 1,539 | 100.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.9% |
| Barnsley 007B | 1,645 | 336.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.7% |
| Barnsley 007C | 1,630 | 147.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Barnsley 007D | 1,696 | 106.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 95.1% |
| Barnsley 007E | 1,670 | 136.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 95.4% |
| Barnsley 007F | 1,485 | 164.0 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Barnsley 009A | 1,297 | 122.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 93.9% |
| Barnsley 009B | 1,403 | 72.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 95.7% |
| Barnsley 009C | 2,294 | 62.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.8% |
| Barnsley 009D | 1,308 | 61.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.9% |
| Barnsley 009E | 1,676 | 235.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.2% |
| Barnsley 010E | 1,774 | 213.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 93.6% |
| Barnsley 010I | 1,489 | 91.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 91.7% |
| Barnsley 010J | 1,463 | 200.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 91.7% |
| Barnsley 011A | 2,626 | 67.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 96.0% |
| Barnsley 011B | 1,972 | 124.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.7% |
| Barnsley 011C | 1,454 | 142.0 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.6% |
| Barnsley 011D | 1,922 | 62.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 95.8% |
| Barnsley 015A | 1,424 | 130.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 96.1% |
| Barnsley 015B | 1,410 | 29.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.7% |
| Barnsley 015D | 1,812 | 127.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 93.2% |
MPs for S71
- Dan JarvisLabourMP for Barnsley North93% of S71’s postcodes
- Stephanie PeacockLabourMP for Barnsley South7.1% of S71’s postcodes
- Jon TrickettLabourMP for Normanton and Hemsworth0.2% of S71’s postcodes
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
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S71 in brief
S71 is a postcode district covering Barnsley, Royston and Monk Bretton, in Barnsley.
About 49,037 people lived in S71 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £170,000 in 2025 across 503 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 129.4 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in S71 was £170,000 in 2025.
S71 had 47,547 usual residents at the census.
In S71, 94.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In S71, 3.2% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.