Areas · Yorkshire and The Humber · South Yorkshire
Area guide · Yorkshire and The Humber
Barnsley
How Barnsley compares with every council area in England and Wales, on official figures only (252,784 people, mid-2025). Ranked 1st = best for someone living there. There is no overall score: the places are too different for one number to be honest.
Gigabit broadband
91.3%
126th fastest of 318
Ofcom Connected Nations, January 2026
Average house price
£175,537
24th most affordable of 317
HM Land Registry UK House Price Index, July 2026
Price change over 12 months
+3.5%
84th fastest rising of 317
HM Land Registry UK House Price Index, July 2026
Fine particles (PM2.5)
7.1 µg/m³
184th cleanest of 318
Defra modelled background PM2.5, 2024 (WHO guideline 5 µg/m³)
Recorded crime
95.1 per 1,000
220th lowest of 283
ONS / Home Office police recorded crime, year ending March 2026
Deprivation rank
40 / 296
257th least deprived of 296
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG); 1 = most deprived
Flood risk and road noise are not here because no official figure exists for a whole council area. Both vary street by street, which is what the free check reads.
Check a street in Barnsley
These figures are for the whole area. The free check reads one postcode: flood, crime, noise and the station, in seconds.
League tables for South Yorkshire
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