Crime Statistics for Horsforth, Leeds, Leeds, 2024

Crime statistics for Horsforth, Leeds

There were a total of 160 street level crime incidents in Horsforth in January 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 Horsforth, 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 Crime71
Vehicle Crime17
Anti Social Behaviour14
Criminal Damage Arson13
Burglary13
Other Theft12
Public Order10
Shoplifting3
Other Crime3
Drugs2
Possession Of Weapons1
Robbery1
All Crime160

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 Horsforth. 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 Horsforth

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Tinshill (0.88 miles)226
Lawnswood (1.24 miles)203
Ireland Wood (1.24 miles)203
Cragg Hill (0.62 miles)172
Horsforth Woodside (0.62 miles)172
Holt Park (1.75 miles)164
Horsforth160
Cookridge (1.39 miles)152
Rawdon Carrs (1.86 miles)44
Lane Ends (1.39 miles)29

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



Where are the most violent places near Horsforth?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Tinshill113
Lawnswood85
Ireland Wood85
Holt Park80
Cragg Hill76
Horsforth Woodside76
Cookridge75
Horsforth71
Rawdon Carrs17
Lane Ends12

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

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 Horsforth 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 Horsforth compare to surrounding wards?

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

#WardScore
1Eccleshill97
2Bramley & Stanningley90
3Kirkstall90
4Weetwood71
5Calverley & Farsley63
6Moortown59
7Guiseley & Rawdon53
8Horsforth51
9Alwoodley49
10Otley & Yeadon46
11Adel & Wharfedale44

Which road in Horsforth has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: January 2024
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