S72
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Grimethorpe, Cudworth and Belle Green, 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 S72 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 100% of people in S72 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How S72 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is S72 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in S72 at a rate of 101.7 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 109.1 per 1,000 people across the S postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 250 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in S72.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,027), other crime (430) and anti-social behaviour (429).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in S72 was 95.9 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 S72, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so S72 has no single figure. Of its 15 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in S72
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barnsley 003A | 1,576 | 59.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 78.1% |
| Barnsley 003B | 1,819 | 145.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 89.0% |
| Barnsley 003C | 1,264 | 67.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 71.2% |
| Barnsley 003D | 1,461 | 99.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 92.8% |
| Barnsley 006A | 2,102 | 87.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 89.2% |
| Barnsley 006B | 1,773 | 65.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 58.2% |
| Barnsley 006C | 2,417 | 162.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 81.7% |
| Barnsley 006D | 1,487 | 78.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 80.4% |
| Barnsley 008A | 1,292 | 92.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Barnsley 008B | 1,602 | 161.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 73.9% |
| Barnsley 008C | 1,593 | 95.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 95.7% |
| Barnsley 008D | 1,806 | 73.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 96.6% |
| Barnsley 020B | 1,563 | 134.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 78.8% |
| Barnsley 020G | 1,641 | 76.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 62.5% |
| Wakefield 040C | 1,751 | 91.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.1% |
MPs for S72
- Dan JarvisLabourMP for Barnsley North86% of S72’s postcodes
- Jon TrickettLabourMP for Normanton and Hemsworth9.2% of S72’s postcodes
- Stephanie PeacockLabourMP for Barnsley South4.5% of S72’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.
Middle areas in S723
Postcode sectors in S724
Council1
Towns in S721
Postcode districts next to S726
Nearest rail stations2
More in the S postcode area2
S72 in brief
S72 is a postcode district covering Grimethorpe, Cudworth and Belle Green, in Barnsley.
About 26,559 people lived in S72 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £168,000 in 2025 across 337 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 101.7 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in S72 was £168,000 in 2025.
S72 had 25,957 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in S72 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In S72, 83.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.