# Darton

Town in Barnsley, Yorkshire and The Humber.

Darton is a town in Barnsley, Yorkshire and The Humber. Median sale price £222,500 in 2025. Recorded crime 59.7 per 1,000 people. About 15,491 people.

Town. Code E63001110. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [Barnsley](https://openindex.co.uk/barnsley)

Darton is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Darton 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: £222,500** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Darton was £222,500 in 2025. 342nd 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/darton#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 15,016** (2021). Darton had 15,016 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 513th 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/darton#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 100%** (2022). About 100% of people in Darton 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/darton#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 96.1%** (January 2026). In Darton, 96.1% 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/darton#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=E63001110) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 100% of people in Darton 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=E63001110) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 232 homes were sold in Darton in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=E63001110) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for Darton.
- [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=E63001110) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Darton had 15,016 usual residents at the census.

## How Darton compares

Each town against every other town the measure covers.

| Measure | Darton | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £222,500 | 44th most expensive | 114 towns, Yorkshire and The Humber · 2025 |
| Population | 15,016 | 55th most 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 | 96.1% | joint 54th lowest | 114 towns, Yorkshire and The Humber · Jan 2026 |

## Is Darton safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Darton at a rate of 59.7 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, 64 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Darton.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (374), other crime (185) and anti-social behaviour (181).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Darton was 59.3 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 Darton, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Darton has no single figure. Of its 10 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

## Neighbourhoods in Darton

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Barnsley 004A](https://openindex.co.uk/barnsley/neighbourhood/e01007356) | 1,438 | 37.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.5% |
| [Barnsley 004B](https://openindex.co.uk/barnsley/neighbourhood/e01007357) | 1,410 | 44.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| [Barnsley 004C](https://openindex.co.uk/barnsley/neighbourhood/e01007361) | 1,923 | 74.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 92.7% |
| [Barnsley 004D](https://openindex.co.uk/barnsley/neighbourhood/e01007362) | 2,137 | 51.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 82.5% |
| [Barnsley 004E](https://openindex.co.uk/barnsley/neighbourhood/e01007363) | 1,629 | 75.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.3% |
| [Barnsley 005A](https://openindex.co.uk/barnsley/neighbourhood/e01007355) | 1,436 | 27.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.8% |
| [Barnsley 005B](https://openindex.co.uk/barnsley/neighbourhood/e01007358) | 1,401 | 56.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.9% |
| [Barnsley 005C](https://openindex.co.uk/barnsley/neighbourhood/e01007359) | 1,441 | 69.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.0% |
| [Barnsley 005D](https://openindex.co.uk/barnsley/neighbourhood/e01007360) | 1,491 | 106.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 98.7% |
| [Barnsley 005E](https://openindex.co.uk/barnsley/neighbourhood/e01007386) | 1,805 | 47.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.1% |

## 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 Darton

[S75](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/s75)

## Middle areas in Darton

[Darton & Kexborough](https://openindex.co.uk/barnsley/darton-and-kexborough), [Mapplewell & Staincross](https://openindex.co.uk/barnsley/mapplewell-and-staincross)

## Towns near Darton

[Barnsley](https://openindex.co.uk/town/barnsley), [Barugh Green and Redbrook](https://openindex.co.uk/town/barugh-green-and-redbrook), [Royston](https://openindex.co.uk/town/royston-barnsley), [Cudworth and Shafton](https://openindex.co.uk/town/cudworth-and-shafton), [Wakefield](https://openindex.co.uk/town/wakefield), [Worsbrough](https://openindex.co.uk/town/worsbrough)

## Darton in brief

Darton is a town in Barnsley, Yorkshire and The Humber.
About 15,491 people lived in Darton in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £222,500 in 2025 across 232 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 59.7 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in Darton was £222,500 in 2025.
Darton had 15,016 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in Darton live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Darton, 96.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Town
- Code: E63001110
- 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: 4.31 km²
- People, mid-2024: 15,491*
- Neighbourhoods: 10
- Output areas: 52

* 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), [Barugh Green and Redbrook](https://openindex.co.uk/town/barugh-green-and-redbrook), [Royston](https://openindex.co.uk/town/royston-barnsley), [Cudworth and Shafton](https://openindex.co.uk/town/cudworth-and-shafton), [Wakefield](https://openindex.co.uk/town/wakefield), [Worsbrough](https://openindex.co.uk/town/worsbrough)

## Latest updates for Darton

- 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/E63001110

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/town/darton, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/town/darton#f-house-sales-median-price.

Open Index's own text and the figures it works out are licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Source data keeps its publishers' licences, named with each figure. Give each figure's period and source with it.

Snapshot 2026.10.9. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/town/darton