# Cudworth and Shafton Town in Barnsley, Yorkshire and The Humber. Cudworth and Shafton is a town in Barnsley, Yorkshire and The Humber. Median sale price £164,000 in 2025. Recorded crime 99.0 per 1,000 people. Town. Code E63001116. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [Barnsley](https://openindex.co.uk/barnsley) Cudworth and Shafton is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Cudworth and Shafton add up the census output areas (or, for claimants, the neighbourhoods) that sit mostly inside it, so they are close to, but not exactly, the town’s own. ## Key figures - **Median sale price: £164,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Cudworth and Shafton was £164,000 in 2025. 97th cheapest of 1,092. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/cudworth-and-shafton#f-house-sales-median-price - **Population: 12,472** (2021). Cudworth and Shafton had 12,472 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 377th least populated of 1,209. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/cudworth-and-shafton#f-population - **People in radon Affected Area squares: 100%** (2022). About 100% of people in Cudworth and Shafton live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022. https://openindex.co.uk/town/cudworth-and-shafton#f-radon-affected-share - **Gigabit broadband coverage: 90.2%** (January 2026). In Cudworth and Shafton, 90.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/cudworth-and-shafton#f-gigabit-coverage ## On the map - [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=E63001116) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 100% of people in Cudworth and Shafton live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. - [Sales per year by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year?place=E63001116) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 164 homes were sold in Cudworth and Shafton in 2025. - [Crime and ASB by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=E63001116) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for Cudworth and Shafton. - [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=E63001116) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Cudworth and Shafton had 12,472 usual residents at the census. ## How Cudworth and Shafton compares Each town against every other town the measure covers. | Measure | Cudworth and Shafton | Rank | Compared with | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Median sale price | £164,000 | 16th cheapest | 114 towns, Yorkshire and The Humber · 2025 | | Population | 12,472 | 39th least populated | 114 towns, Yorkshire and The Humber · 2021 | | People in radon Affected Area squares | 100% | joint most people in radon Affected Areas | 114 towns, Yorkshire and The Humber · 2022 | | Gigabit broadband coverage | 90.2% | 16th lowest | 114 towns, Yorkshire and The Humber · Jan 2026 | ## Is Cudworth and Shafton safe? What police records show In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Cudworth and Shafton at a rate of 99.0 per 1,000 people. That compares with 108.4 per 1,000 people across Yorkshire and The Humber. Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people. In August 2026 alone, 110 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Cudworth and Shafton. In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (528), anti-social behaviour (204) and other crime (193). A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Cudworth and Shafton was 84.8 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 Cudworth and Shafton, neighbourhood by neighbourhood - Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Cudworth and Shafton has no single figure. Of its 8 neighbourhoods with a rank: - Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood - Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood - Decile 3: 3 neighbourhoods - Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods - Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England. ## Neighbourhoods in Cudworth and Shafton | Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Barnsley 003A](https://openindex.co.uk/barnsley/neighbourhood/e01007329) | 1,576 | 59.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 78.1% | | [Barnsley 003B](https://openindex.co.uk/barnsley/neighbourhood/e01007331) | 1,819 | 145.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 89.0% | | [Barnsley 003C](https://openindex.co.uk/barnsley/neighbourhood/e01007342) | 1,264 | 67.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 71.2% | | [Barnsley 003D](https://openindex.co.uk/barnsley/neighbourhood/e01007343) | 1,461 | 99.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 92.8% | | [Barnsley 008A](https://openindex.co.uk/barnsley/neighbourhood/e01007341) | 1,292 | 92.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% | | [Barnsley 008B](https://openindex.co.uk/barnsley/neighbourhood/e01007345) | 1,602 | 161.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 73.9% | | [Barnsley 008C](https://openindex.co.uk/barnsley/neighbourhood/e01007346) | 1,593 | 95.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 95.7% | | [Barnsley 008D](https://openindex.co.uk/barnsley/neighbourhood/e01007347) | 1,806 | 73.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 96.6% | ## Your MP - [Barnsley North](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/barnsley-north): Dan Jarvis (Labour), MP since July 2024. As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API. ## Council [Barnsley](https://openindex.co.uk/barnsley) ## Postcode districts covering Cudworth and Shafton [S72](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/s72) ## Middle areas in Cudworth and Shafton [Cudworth Village](https://openindex.co.uk/barnsley/cudworth-village), [Shafton & Upper Cudworth](https://openindex.co.uk/barnsley/shafton-and-upper-cudworth) ## Towns near Cudworth and Shafton [Barnsley](https://openindex.co.uk/town/barnsley), [Royston](https://openindex.co.uk/town/royston-barnsley), [Hemsworth](https://openindex.co.uk/town/hemsworth), [Wombwell](https://openindex.co.uk/town/wombwell), [Darton](https://openindex.co.uk/town/darton), [South Kirkby](https://openindex.co.uk/town/south-kirkby) ## Cudworth and Shafton in brief Cudworth and Shafton is a town in Barnsley, Yorkshire and The Humber. About 12,685 people lived in Cudworth and Shafton in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £164,000 in 2025 across 164 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 99.0 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk). The median price paid for a home in Cudworth and Shafton was £164,000 in 2025. Cudworth and Shafton had 12,472 usual residents at the census. About 100% of people in Cudworth and Shafton live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. In Cudworth and Shafton, 90.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026. ## About - Type: Town - Code: E63001116 - Constituency: [Barnsley North †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/barnsley-north) - Council: [Barnsley †](https://openindex.co.uk/barnsley) - Region: [Yorkshire and The Humber](https://openindex.co.uk/yorkshire-and-the-humber) - Nation: [England](https://openindex.co.uk/england) - Area: 3.15 km² - People, mid-2024: 12,685* - Neighbourhoods: 8 - Output areas: 37 * People: worked out by Open Index from neighbourhood estimates, shared out by where people lived at the census (by area in Northern Ireland). This area's edges do not follow neighbourhood edges, so the figure is close but not exact. † Best fit: the constituency and council this town mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs. ## Next door [Barnsley](https://openindex.co.uk/town/barnsley), [Royston](https://openindex.co.uk/town/royston-barnsley), [Hemsworth](https://openindex.co.uk/town/hemsworth), [Wombwell](https://openindex.co.uk/town/wombwell), [Darton](https://openindex.co.uk/town/darton), [South Kirkby](https://openindex.co.uk/town/south-kirkby) ## Latest updates for Cudworth and Shafton - August 2026 house prices published: HM Land Registry and partners · Oct 2026. - September 2026 rent published: ONS private rents · Oct 2026. - Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026. - Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026. The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/E63001116 ## How to cite Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/town/cudworth-and-shafton, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/town/cudworth-and-shafton#f-house-sales-median-price. 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