Is Barnsley safe? United Kingdom travel risk
Is Barnsley safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Barnsley scores 32/100 on our travel risk index (Moderate). The US State Department rates United Kingdom Level 2 (Exercise Increased Caution, updated 9 Sep 2026); Canada says: exercise a high degree of caution. No GDACS or USGS hazard events within 100 km in the last 14 days. No change in government advice in the last 7 days.
Barnsley scores 32/100 (Moderate). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and United Kingdom (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Barnsley: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (35/100) and health and medical access (39/100).
A score of 32 is higher than the scores of 36% of the 241 countries we cover.
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Geographic & Regional Coordinates
Barnsley belongs to Barnsley (United Kingdom), centered at coordinates 53.5547° N, 1.4791° W (112 m above sea level). Distance to London is 245.3 km towards the SSE.
Barnsley
53.5547° N, 1.4791° W
112 m
Europe/London
245,199
Emergency & Aviation Access
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Climate by Month
Hottest: August (20 °C avg high); Wettest: July (76 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 6° | 7° | 9° | 12° | 15° | 18° | 19° | 20° | 17° | 13° | 9° | 7° |
| Low °C | 2° | 1° | 2° | 4° | 7° | 10° | 12° | 12° | 11° | 8° | 4° | 2° |
| Rain mm | 64 | 49 | 65 | 63 | 63 | 65 | 76 | 60 | 62 | 67 | 69 | 64 |
Normals: Leeds (27.3 km away).
Natural Hazard Calendar & History
5-Year Hazard Calendar (100 km Radius)
| Hazard | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floods | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Droughts | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Barnsley happened in July (2 of 5 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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