Crime Statistics for Beeston Hill, Leeds, Leeds, 2024

Crime statistics for Beeston Hill, Leeds

There were a total of 542 street level crime incidents in Beeston Hill in January 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Public Order.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Beeston Hill, 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 Crime215
Public Order56
Criminal Damage Arson52
Drugs40
Vehicle Crime34
Burglary31
Anti Social Behaviour28
Other Theft27
Shoplifting21
Other Crime17
Robbery8
Possession Of Weapons7
Theft From The Person6
All Crime542

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 Beeston Hill. 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 Beeston Hill

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Holbeck (0.62 miles)679
Knowsthorpe (1.39 miles)642
Beeston Hill542
Armley (1.75 miles)495
Green Side (1.39 miles)388
Beeston (0.88 miles)303
Mill Shaw (0.88 miles)303
Belle Isle (1.75 miles)290
Churwell (1.75 miles)268
Beeston Park Side (1.24 miles)243

29.57%
of Beeston & Holbeck residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Beeston Hill?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Holbeck246
Knowsthorpe244
Beeston Hill215
Armley203
Green Side145
Belle Isle137
Beeston116
Mill Shaw116
Churwell116
Beeston Park Side100

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

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 Beeston Hill 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 Beeston Hill compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Beeston Hill and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Beeston Hill is ranked #4.

#WardScore
1Gipton & Harehills96
2Armley96
3Middleton Park89
4Beeston & Holbeck88
5Farnley & Wortley87
6Chapel Allerton86
7Hunslet & Riverside83
8Little London & Woodhouse81
9Headingley & Hyde Park77
10Morley South65
11Ardsley & Robin Hood62

Which road in Beeston Hill has the highest level of crime?

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

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