Crime Statistics for Green Side, Leeds, Leeds, 2024

Crime statistics for Green Side, Leeds

There were a total of 345 street level crime incidents in Green Side 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 Green Side, 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 Crime138
Public Order37
Vehicle Crime31
Criminal Damage Arson30
Drugs27
Other Theft21
Shoplifting14
Anti Social Behaviour14
Other Crime11
Burglary9
Possession Of Weapons7
Theft From The Person3
Robbery2
Bicycle Theft1
All Crime345

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 Green Side. 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 Green Side

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Holbeck (1.24 miles)628
Beeston Hill (1.39 miles)579
Burley (1.24 miles)572
Upper Armley (1.39 miles)553
Armley (0.62 miles)430
Green Side345
Beeston (1.39 miles)338
Mill Shaw (1.39 miles)338
Farnley (1.24 miles)192
Far Royds (0.88 miles)118

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



Where are the most violent places near Green Side?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Holbeck235
Beeston Hill231
Upper Armley230
Burley208
Armley182
Green Side138
Beeston118
Mill Shaw118
Farnley106
Far Royds54

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

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 Green Side 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 Green Side compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Green Side and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Green Side is ranked #6.

#WardScore
1Gipton & Harehills96
2Armley96
3Kirkstall90
4Middleton Park89
5Beeston & Holbeck88
6Farnley & Wortley87
7Chapel Allerton86
8Hunslet & Riverside83
9Little London & Woodhouse81
10Headingley & Hyde Park77
11Morley South65

Which road in Green Side has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Green Side with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around Amberley Street.

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