The police recorded 132 crimes per 1,000 people a year in Goldthorpe from September 2023 to August 2026, 1.7 times the typical town's 76.2. The most common was violence and sexual offences, at 51.1. In the 12 months to August 2026 it was 116, down from 146 in the 12 months to August 2024.