Crime Statistics for Cragg Hill, Leeds, Leeds, 2024

Crime statistics for Cragg Hill, Leeds

There were a total of 168 street level crime incidents in Cragg Hill in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Vehicle Crime.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Cragg 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 Crime66
Vehicle Crime21
Anti Social Behaviour21
Criminal Damage Arson12
Other Theft12
Public Order11
Other Crime8
Burglary7
Shoplifting5
Drugs4
Theft From The Person1
All Crime168

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 Cragg 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 Cragg Hill

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Sandford (1.39 miles)456
Moorside (1.24 miles)398
Bagley (1.75 miles)220
Lawnswood (1.39 miles)212
Ireland Wood (1.39 miles)212
Tinshill (1.39 miles)179
Cragg Hill168
Horsforth Woodside168
Horsforth (0.62 miles)144
Lane Ends (1.75 miles)23

17.3%
of Kirkstall residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Cragg Hill?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Moorside172
Sandford160
Bagley84
Tinshill71
Cragg Hill66
Horsforth Woodside66
Lawnswood59
Ireland Wood59
Horsforth55
Lane Ends6

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Cragg 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 Cragg 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 Cragg Hill compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Cragg Hill and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Cragg Hill is ranked #3.

#WardScore
1Eccleshill97
2Bramley & Stanningley90
3Kirkstall90
4Farnley & Wortley87
5Weetwood71
6Calverley & Farsley63
7Moortown59
8Guiseley & Rawdon53
9Horsforth51
10Otley & Yeadon46
11Adel & Wharfedale44

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

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

Last updated: February 2024
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