Crime Statistics for Farnley, Leeds, Leeds, 2024

There were a total of 238 street level crime incidents in Farnley in March 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Criminal Damage Arson.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Farnley, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	112
Criminal Damage Arson	28
Public Order	26
Anti Social Behaviour	22
Other Theft	12
Burglary	9
Shoplifting	9
Other Crime	8
Vehicle Crime	7
Drugs	3
Robbery	1
Possession Of Weapons	1
All Crime	238

Map of street level crime incidents in March 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Farnley. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.

Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Farnley

We've taken the ten nearest places to Farnley and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Farnley has more crime than other surrounding areas.

Location	Crime Incidents
Burley (1.75 miles)	646
Upper Armley (1.39 miles)	553
Armley (1.39 miles)	474
New Scarbro (1.39 miles)	373
Green Side (1.24 miles)	345
Farnley	238
Swinnow Moor (1.39 miles)	164
Far Royds (0.88 miles)	151
Beeston Royds (1.39 miles)	78
New Farnley (0.88 miles)	40

Where are the most violent places near Farnley?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Farnley and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

Location	Violent Incidents
Burley	240
Upper Armley	230
Armley	204
New Scarbro	170
Green Side	138
Farnley	112
Swinnow Moor	84
Far Royds	71
Beeston Royds	37
New Farnley	18

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Farnley?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Farnley to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Farnley compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Farnley and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Farnley is ranked #6.

#	Ward	Score
1	Armley	96
2	Tong	95
3	Bramley & Stanningley	90
4	Kirkstall	90
5	Beeston & Holbeck	88
6	Farnley & Wortley	87
7	Hunslet & Riverside	83
8	Little London & Woodhouse	81
9	Headingley & Hyde Park	77
10	Birstall and Birkenshaw	73
11	Morley North	64

Which road in Farnley has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Farnley with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around this marker.