Crime Statistics for New Scarbro, Leeds, Leeds, 2024

Crime statistics for New Scarbro, Leeds

There were a total of 373 street level crime incidents in New Scarbro in February 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 New Scarbro, 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 Crime170
Criminal Damage Arson35
Shoplifting30
Public Order30
Other Theft25
Vehicle Crime20
Burglary16
Anti Social Behaviour15
Other Crime12
Drugs12
Theft From The Person4
Possession Of Weapons4
All Crime373

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 New Scarbro. 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 New Scarbro

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Upper Armley (1.24 miles)553
Sandford (0.88 miles)456
Moorside (0.62 miles)398
New Scarbro373
Farsley Beck Bottom (1.39 miles)220
Intake (1.39 miles)220
Bagley (1.39 miles)220
Farnley (1.39 miles)192
Swinnow Moor (0.88 miles)164
Fulneck (1.75 miles)80

8.86%
of Bramley & Stanningley residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near New Scarbro?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Upper Armley230
Moorside172
New Scarbro170
Sandford160
Farnley106
Farsley Beck Bottom84
Intake84
Bagley84
Swinnow Moor84
Fulneck38

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

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 New Scarbro 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 New Scarbro compare to surrounding wards?

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

#WardScore
1Eccleshill97
2Armley96
3Bramley & Stanningley90
4Kirkstall90
5Bradford Moor90
6Farnley & Wortley87
7Hunslet & Riverside83
8Headingley & Hyde Park77
9Pudsey77
10Weetwood71
11Adel & Wharfedale44

Which road in New Scarbro has the highest level of crime?

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

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