Crime Statistics for Balna Beck, Leeds, Leeds, 2024

Crime statistics for Balna Beck, Leeds

There were a total of 46 street level crime incidents in Balna Beck in January 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 Balna Beck, 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 CategoryIncidents
Violent Crime23
Criminal Damage Arson4
Vehicle Crime3
Other Theft3
Public Order3
Anti Social Behaviour3
Shoplifting3
Other Crime2
Burglary2
All Crime46

Map of street level crime incidents in January 2024

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

How grim is your Postcode?

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 Balna Beck

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Gawthorpe (1.5 miles)151
Tingley (1.19 miles)118
Topcliffe (1.39 miles)106
The Fall (1.25 miles)89
Beggarington Hill (0.75 miles)62
Upper Green (0.93 miles)51
Haigh Moor (0.14 miles)47
Balna Beck46
Beck Bottom (1.31 miles)22
Jaw Hill (0.84 miles)3

4.99%
of Ardsley & Robin Hood residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Balna Beck?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Gawthorpe63
Tingley51
Topcliffe45
The Fall35
Beggarington Hill26
Haigh Moor23
Balna Beck23
Upper Green22
Beck Bottom10
Jaw Hill1

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

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 Balna Beck 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 Balna Beck compare to surrounding wards?

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

#WardScore
1Dewsbury West89
2Batley West88
3Dewsbury East81
4Heckmondwike81
5Wakefield West80
6Batley East76
7Morley South65
8Ossett63
9Dewsbury South63
10Ardsley & Robin Hood62
11Wrenthorpe and Outwood West49

Which road in Balna Beck has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: January 2024
Information provided by data.police.uk
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