Crime Statistics for Longley, Calderdale, Calderdale, 2024

There were a total of 12 street level crime incidents in Longley in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Burglary.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Longley, 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	8
Burglary	2
Possession Of Weapons	1
Criminal Damage Arson	1
All Crime	12

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 Longley. 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 Longley

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Sowerby Bridge (1.39 miles)	85
Clough Head (0.88 miles)	18
Kebroyd (0.62 miles)	14
Ryburn (0.4 miles)	14
Soyland Town (1.39 miles)	12
Longley	12
Mill Bank (1.24 miles)	11
Barkisland (1.24 miles)	10
Bottomley (1.39 miles)	6
Greetland Wall Nook (0.62 miles)	4

Where are the most violent places near Longley?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Sowerby Bridge	39
Kebroyd	11
Ryburn	9
Soyland Town	9
Longley	8
Mill Bank	8
Barkisland	5
Clough Head	3
Bottomley	2
Greetland Wall Nook	1

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

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 Longley 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 Longley compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Ovenden	95
2	Park	86
3	Warley	81
4	Town	79
5	Skircoat	76
6	Sowerby Bridge	72
7	Elland	68
8	Luddendenfoot	64
9	Greetland and Stainland	55
10	Colne Valley	55
11	Ryburn	54

Which road in Longley has the highest level of crime?

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