Crime Statistics for Far Royds, Leeds, Leeds, 2024

Crime statistics for Far Royds, Leeds

There were a total of 148 street level crime incidents in Far Royds 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 Far Royds, 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 Crime63
Criminal Damage Arson15
Public Order13
Other Theft11
Vehicle Crime11
Anti Social Behaviour8
Shoplifting8
Burglary7
Drugs5
Other Crime4
Possession Of Weapons2
Robbery1
All Crime148

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 Far Royds. 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 Far Royds

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Armley (1.39 miles)495
Green Side (0.88 miles)388
Beeston (1.39 miles)303
Mill Shaw (1.39 miles)303
Churwell (1.39 miles)268
Farnley (0.88 miles)186
Far Royds148
Beeston Royds (0.62 miles)92
Gildersome (1.75 miles)67
New Farnley (1.24 miles)30

10.77%
of Farnley & Wortley residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Far Royds?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Armley203
Green Side145
Beeston116
Mill Shaw116
Churwell116
Farnley88
Far Royds63
Beeston Royds50
Gildersome32
New Farnley17

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

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 Far Royds 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 Far Royds compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Far Royds and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Far Royds is ranked #5.

#WardScore
1Armley96
2Tong95
3Middleton Park89
4Beeston & Holbeck88
5Farnley & Wortley87
6Hunslet & Riverside83
7Little London & Woodhouse81
8Headingley & Hyde Park77
9Birstall and Birkenshaw73
10Morley South65
11Morley North64

Which road in Far Royds has the highest level of crime?

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

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