Crime Statistics for Burmantofts, Leeds, Leeds, 2024

There were a total of 873 street level crime incidents in Burmantofts in February 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 Burmantofts, 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	349
Public Order	87
Criminal Damage Arson	69
Shoplifting	59
Other Theft	56
Burglary	55
Vehicle Crime	52
Anti Social Behaviour	50
Drugs	35
Other Crime	16
Robbery	15
Possession Of Weapons	13
Bicycle Theft	9
Theft From The Person	8
All Crime	873

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 Burmantofts. 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 Burmantofts

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Sheepscar (0.62 miles)	1509
Little London (1.24 miles)	1341
Burmantofts	873
Harehills	873
Fearnville (0.88 miles)	744
Killingbeck (0.62 miles)	685
Oakwood (1.24 miles)	598
Halton (1.39 miles)	253
Halton Moor (1.39 miles)	253
Cross Green (1.24 miles)	252

Where are the most violent places near Burmantofts?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Sheepscar	521
Little London	414
Burmantofts	349
Harehills	349
Fearnville	286
Killingbeck	275
Oakwood	248
Cross Green	90
Halton	84
Halton Moor	84

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

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 Burmantofts 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 Burmantofts compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Killingbeck & Seacroft	97
2	Gipton & Harehills	96
3	Armley	96
4	Burmantofts & Richmond Hill	91
5	Middleton Park	89
6	Beeston & Holbeck	88
7	Chapel Allerton	86
8	Hunslet & Riverside	83
9	Little London & Woodhouse	81
10	Headingley & Hyde Park	77
11	Temple Newsam	77

Which road in Burmantofts has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Burmantofts with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around St Stephen's Road.