Crime Statistics for Lawns, Wakefield, Wakefield, 2024

There were a total of 61 street level crime incidents in Lawns 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 Lawns, 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	27
Criminal Damage Arson	6
Burglary	5
Public Order	5
Other Crime	4
Anti Social Behaviour	4
Vehicle Crime	4
Shoplifting	3
Other Theft	2
Possession Of Weapons	1
All Crime	61

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 Lawns. 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 Lawns

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Newton Hill (1.75 miles)	578
Lofthouse Gate (1.24 miles)	119
Lofthouse (1.39 miles)	79
The Fall (0.88 miles)	67
Lawns	61
Carr Gate	61
Haigh Moor (1.86 miles)	32
Balna Beck (1.74 miles)	29
Beck Bottom (0.88 miles)	22
Jaw Hill (1.39 miles)	4

Where are the most violent places near Lawns?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Newton Hill	218
Lofthouse Gate	56
Lofthouse	33
The Fall	30
Lawns	27
Carr Gate	27
Haigh Moor	11
Beck Bottom	9
Balna Beck	8
Jaw Hill	1

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

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 Lawns 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 Lawns compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Lawns and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Resident in Lawns have the lowest likelyhood of being a victim of personal crime in the area. The ward with the lowest likelyhood is Dewsbury East.

#	Ward	Score
1	Dewsbury East	81
2	Wakefield West	80
3	Wakefield East	80
4	Wakefield North	78
5	Batley East	76
6	Wakefield South	67
7	Rothwell	66
8	Morley South	65
9	Ardsley & Robin Hood	62
10	Stanley and Outwood East	50
11	Wrenthorpe and Outwood West	49

Which road in Lawns has the highest level of crime?

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