Crime Statistics for Lofthouse, Leeds, Wakefield, 2024

There were a total of 69 street level crime incidents in Lofthouse in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Burglary.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Lofthouse, 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	31
Burglary	7
Shoplifting	6
Other Theft	5
Anti Social Behaviour	5
Public Order	4
Criminal Damage Arson	4
Vehicle Crime	3
Robbery	2
Possession Of Weapons	1
Drugs	1
All Crime	69

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 Lofthouse. 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 Lofthouse

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Newton Hill (1.86 miles)	554
Rothwell (1.96 miles)	119
Lofthouse Gate (0.62 miles)	97
The Fall (1.86 miles)	89
Lofthouse	69
Lawns (1.39 miles)	51
Carr Gate (1.39 miles)	51
Carlton (1.24 miles)	32
Bottom Boat (1.39 miles)	31
Royds Green (1.39 miles)	11

Where are the most violent places near Lofthouse?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Newton Hill	208
Lofthouse Gate	49
Rothwell	47
The Fall	35
Lofthouse	31
Lawns	22
Carr Gate	22
Bottom Boat	20
Carlton	13
Royds Green	2

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

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 Lofthouse 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 Lofthouse compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Middleton Park	89
2	Wakefield West	80
3	Wakefield East	80
4	Wakefield North	78
5	Batley East	76
6	Normanton	74
7	Wakefield South	67
8	Rothwell	66
9	Ardsley & Robin Hood	62
10	Stanley and Outwood East	50
11	Wrenthorpe and Outwood West	49

Which road in Lofthouse has the highest level of crime?

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