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Crow Edge

Crow Edge is a settlement in South Yorkshire, England, with a population of around 3,000. It has 8 bus stops and the nearest railway station is Denby Dale, 5.8 km away. There were around 1 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly Violence & sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Crow Edge area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Barnsley area is among the most deprived areas in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 244,572 residents at roughly 743 people per km².

Council
Barnsley
County
South Yorkshire
Constituency
Penistone and Stocksbridge
Police force
South Yorkshire

Weather

6°CLight drizzle

  • Today: 9° / 5° · 72% rain
  • Tomorrow: 8° / 6° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:11Sunset 16:28

9h 17m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

20US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Sheffield Devonshire Green, United Kingdom

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 7.1 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
  • 5.3% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

Crime

2 reported · August 2026

  • Anti-social behaviour2

Neighbourhood team: Barnsley West · South Yorkshire

Local policing priorities

  • Issues with school parking, particularly primary schools but also some secondary schools. Parking on yellow zig zags. This is causing our…
  • Ongoing issue with drug use and drug dealing around areas of Aldham House Lane and Roy Kilner Road.

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

Food hygiene

11 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 8 rated 4–5 ★ (7 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Denby Dale (5.6 km)
  • 8 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Denby Dale (5.6 km):

Loading live departures…

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£173,053 average▲ 2% YoY

Across Barnsley · to 2026-08

Detached£272,591
Semi-detached£170,745
Terraced£139,753
Flat£92,204

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 151.9p · Esso (11.6 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 186.9p · Esso (11.6 km)

3 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

7 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 50 kW
  • Nearest: Tesco Superstore (5.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches1
  • Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local news

Population

244,572 residents in Barnsley · 743/km²

  • Under 16: 18%
  • 16–64: 62%
  • 65+: 19%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK9,893
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK8,313
  • Net moves+1,580

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Deprivation

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 40 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

22% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

Council tax

Property band mix

Most homes here are Band A (57% of 115,540)

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27 · £ figures England only

Care & health services

219 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes71
  • GP practices35
  • Dentists39
  • Homecare agencies56
  • Hospitals & hospices5

CQC ratings: 90% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 2 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Barnsley

Heritage & planning

  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 12 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

Your MP

Dr Marie Tidball

Labour

Penistone and Stocksbridge

Recent votes:

  • AyeBudget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge
  • AyeBudget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty
  • AyeBudget Resolution No. 55: Value added tax (electric vehicle charging)
  • AyeBudget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Reform UK majority

  • Lab 12
  • LD 7
  • Ref 41
  • Oth 3

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

Amenities nearby

  • Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

8,035 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Local economy

£742 median full-time weekly pay

3.3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£21,322 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

Energy efficiency

42% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 117,969 certificates

15.8% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

Grid electricity

79% low-carbon electricity

Biomass 48% · Wind 24% · Gas 14% · Imports 7%

115 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for Yorkshire · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 81.3 yrs women · 78 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 55.3 women · 55.2 men

74% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.4
  • Feeling worthwhile7.5
  • Happiness yesterday7.3
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.2

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Health services

6 GP surgeries · 5 pharmacies in S36

  • Penistone Group Pms Practice
  • Kingswell Surgery Pms Practice
  • Deepcar Medical Centre

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Penistone and Stocksbridge:

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

Notable places nearby

  • Crow Edge · 0.8 km

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  • Hazlehead Bridge railway station · 1.3 km

    Hazlehead Bridge railway station was a railway station on the Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester Railway's Woodhead Line in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley. It served remote rural areas in the Pennine fo…

  • Carlecotes · 1.4 km

    Carlecotes is a village in the metropolitan borough of Barnsley in South Yorkshire, England. Carlecotes is within Dunford civil parish. The village is situated at the eastern edge of the Peak District National Park, a…

  • Catshaw · 1.4 km

    Catshaw is a hamlet in the western parts of Penistone, in the Barnsley district, in the county of South Yorkshire, England. It lies about 0.9 miles (1.4 km) west of Millhouse Green, on the outskirts of the Peak Distri…

  • Royd Moor Wind Farm · 1.9 km

    The Royd Moor Wind Farm is located at Penistone, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England, and consists of thirteen 450 kW turbines. The site is located approximately 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) north west of Penistone, above the…

  • Dunford · 2.3 km

    Dunford is a civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley, in South Yorkshire, England. It lies in the Peak District and within the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley. The population of the civil parish as of th…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Crow Edge?
Crow Edge is a town in South Yorkshire, England, in the Barnsley local authority.
How deprived is Crow Edge?
The Barnsley local authority, which includes Crow Edge, is among the most deprived areas in England on the IoD2025.