Crime Statistics for Sandford, Leeds, Leeds, 2024

There were a total of 456 street level crime incidents in Sandford in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Shoplifting.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Sandford, 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	160
Shoplifting	63
Criminal Damage Arson	38
Vehicle Crime	35
Other Theft	34
Public Order	33
Burglary	25
Anti Social Behaviour	24
Drugs	18
Other Crime	13
Theft From The Person	4
Bicycle Theft	4
Possession Of Weapons	3
Robbery	2
All Crime	456

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 Sandford. 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 Sandford

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Burley (1.39 miles)	572
Upper Armley (0.88 miles)	553
Sandford	456
Armley (1.75 miles)	430
Moorside (0.62 miles)	398
New Scarbro (0.88 miles)	373
Farsley Beck Bottom (1.86 miles)	220
Cragg Hill (1.39 miles)	168
Horsforth Woodside (1.39 miles)	168
Swinnow Moor (1.75 miles)	164

Where are the most violent places near Sandford?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Upper Armley	230
Burley	208
Armley	182
Moorside	172
New Scarbro	170
Sandford	160
Farsley Beck Bottom	84
Swinnow Moor	84
Cragg Hill	66
Horsforth Woodside	66

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

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 Sandford 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 Sandford compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Armley	96
2	Bramley & Stanningley	90
3	Kirkstall	90
4	Farnley & Wortley	87
5	Chapel Allerton	86
6	Hunslet & Riverside	83
7	Little London & Woodhouse	81
8	Headingley & Hyde Park	77
9	Weetwood	71
10	Moortown	59
11	Adel & Wharfedale	44

Which road in Sandford has the highest level of crime?

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