Crime Statistics for Moortown, Leeds, Leeds, 2024

Crime statistics for Moortown, Leeds

There were a total of 297 street level crime incidents in Moortown in January 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 Moortown, 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 Crime130
Public Order28
Criminal Damage Arson24
Other Theft21
Vehicle Crime20
Burglary17
Drugs15
Anti Social Behaviour11
Other Crime8
Shoplifting7
Possession Of Weapons6
Robbery4
Theft From The Person4
Bicycle Theft2
All Crime297

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 Moortown. 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 Moortown

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Potternewton (1.24 miles)425
Moortown297
Chapel Allerton (0.62 miles)297
Meanwood (1.39 miles)240
Camp Town (0.62 miles)222
Moor Allerton (0.62 miles)222
Park Villas (1.24 miles)168
Alwoodley (1.24 miles)166
Black Moor (0.88 miles)158
Alwoodley Gates (1.39 miles)154

18.32%
of Roundhay residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Moortown?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Potternewton164
Moortown130
Chapel Allerton124
Camp Town96
Moor Allerton96
Alwoodley Gates72
Black Moor65
Alwoodley63
Meanwood62
Park Villas60

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

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 Moortown 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 Moortown compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Moortown and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Moortown is ranked #8.

#WardScore
1Killingbeck & Seacroft97
2Gipton & Harehills96
3Burmantofts & Richmond Hill91
4Chapel Allerton86
5Little London & Woodhouse81
6Headingley & Hyde Park77
7Weetwood71
8Roundhay66
9Moortown59
10Alwoodley49
11Adel & Wharfedale44

Which road in Moortown has the highest level of crime?

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

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