Crime Statistics for Upper Armley, Leeds, Leeds, 2024

There were a total of 553 street level crime incidents in Upper Armley in February 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 Upper Armley, 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	230
Criminal Damage Arson	56
Vehicle Crime	42
Other Theft	35
Shoplifting	35
Anti Social Behaviour	34
Burglary	33
Public Order	31
Drugs	24
Other Crime	17
Possession Of Weapons	6
Theft From The Person	5
Robbery	3
Bicycle Theft	2
All Crime	553

Map of street level crime incidents in February 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Upper Armley. 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 Upper Armley

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Burley (0.62 miles)	572
Upper Armley	553
Sandford (0.88 miles)	456
Armley (0.88 miles)	430
Moorside (1.39 miles)	398
New Scarbro (1.24 miles)	373
Green Side (1.39 miles)	345
Farnley (1.39 miles)	192
Swinnow Moor (1.96 miles)	164
Far Royds (1.86 miles)	118

Where are the most violent places near Upper Armley?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Upper Armley	230
Burley	208
Armley	182
Moorside	172
New Scarbro	170
Sandford	160
Green Side	138
Farnley	106
Swinnow Moor	84
Far Royds	54

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

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 Upper Armley 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 Upper Armley compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Upper Armley and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Upper Armley is ranked #5.

#	Ward	Score
1	Armley	96
2	Bramley & Stanningley	90
3	Kirkstall	90
4	Beeston & Holbeck	88
5	Farnley & Wortley	87
6	Chapel Allerton	86
7	Hunslet & Riverside	83
8	Little London & Woodhouse	81
9	Headingley & Hyde Park	77
10	Weetwood	71
11	Moortown	59

Which road in Upper Armley has the highest level of crime?

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