Crime Statistics for Meanwood, Leeds, Leeds, 2024

There were a total of 240 street level crime incidents in Meanwood 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 Meanwood, 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	75
Vehicle Crime	48
Shoplifting	22
Criminal Damage Arson	21
Anti Social Behaviour	20
Burglary	16
Public Order	16
Other Theft	13
Other Crime	3
Drugs	3
Robbery	2
Bicycle Theft	1
All Crime	240

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 Meanwood. 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 Meanwood

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Miles Hill (0.88 miles)	486
Potternewton (1.39 miles)	371
Moortown (1.39 miles)	265
Chapel Allerton (1.24 miles)	245
Meanwood	240
Lawnswood (1.39 miles)	212
Ireland Wood (1.39 miles)	212
Camp Town (1.75 miles)	188
Black Moor (1.39 miles)	155
Adel (1.39 miles)	111

Where are the most violent places near Meanwood?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Miles Hill	155
Potternewton	141
Moortown	99
Chapel Allerton	88
Meanwood	75
Camp Town	71
Black Moor	62
Lawnswood	59
Ireland Wood	59
Adel	38

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

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 Meanwood 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 Meanwood compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Gipton & Harehills	96
2	Armley	96
3	Kirkstall	90
4	Chapel Allerton	86
5	Hunslet & Riverside	83
6	Little London & Woodhouse	81
7	Headingley & Hyde Park	77
8	Weetwood	71
9	Roundhay	66
10	Moortown	59
11	Adel & Wharfedale	44

Which road in Meanwood has the highest level of crime?

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