Moving to Farnley & Wortley, Leeds - Useful Information
So you are thinking of moving to Farnley & Wortley in Leeds? You've found some estate agents and they have told you what you wanted to hear. You've read some speil by a local councillor who says that Farnley & Wortley is on the up and up? Now it's time for a bit of reality. Cold hard statistics culled from the Police, the Indices of Deprivation and the latest census. Is Farnley & Wortley the land of milk and honey or a hell hole? Time to find out!
Nothing gives an accurate snapshop of an area quite like the Indices of Multiple Deprivation. These statistics are published every two years by the government and really give you an insight into what Farnley & Wortley is really like. We use the traffic light system, so you can see at a glace how bad (or good) Farnley & Wortley is. The decile scores we publish range from 1 to 10, where 1 is the worst and 10 the best. They represent the average of all the Lower Super Output Areas (LSOA) in Farnley & Wortley.
| Deprivation Domain | |
|---|---|
| Income | 4 |
| Employment | 4 |
| Education, Skills & Training | 4 |
| Health & Disability | 4 |
| Crime | 2 |
| Outdoor Environment | 4 |
Crime in Farnley & Wortley
If you are moving to Farnley & Wortley you'll want to know if the area if a crime infested hell hole compared to the other wards in Leeds. We have you covered. No need to stake the place out at night to see if it turns into an anti-social nightmware at night!
We have taken the 'best fit' Policing area that includes Farnley & Wortley and grabbed the crime incidents from data.police.uk The data is for incidents reported to the Police. In by far the majority of incidents, no further action is taken. The data is typically 3 months in arrears.
There were a total of 430 street level crime incidents in Farnley & Wortley in February 2021. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Vehicle Crime. Below are these incidents broken down by category.
Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Farnley & Wortley, 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 | 182 |
| Vehicle Crime | 47 |
| Criminal Damage Arson | 39 |
| Other Theft | 33 |
| Public Order | 25 |
| Burglary | 22 |
| Anti Social Behaviour | 20 |
| Shoplifting | 19 |
| Drugs | 17 |
| Other Crime | 10 |
| Possession Of Weapons | 6 |
| Robbery | 4 |
| Theft From The Person | 3 |
| Bicycle Theft | 3 |
| All Crime | 430 |
That's all very well, but you want to know if those crime incidents are happening in the road you are thinking of moving to, right? Here they are plotted on a map. You can see where the clusters are. To protect people's privacy, each road is broken down in to one or two clusters. So that could mean the incidents occur throughout the road or multiple incidents at one address,
The Indices of Multiple Deprivation has a breakdown of crime in the Farnley & Wortley area down to Lower Super Output Areas (LSOA) level. This is equivelent to a few roads. These statistics are a measure of how likley you are to be victim of 'personal or material crime', lovely! So in laymen's terms, how likely you are to be mugged or burgled. According to these statistics, here are the roads with the least crime and the most crime:
Roads with the most crime in Farnley & Wortley
Gamble Hill Chase, Gamble Hill Close, Gamble Hill Cross, Gamble Hill Drive, Gamble Hill Fold, Gamble Hill Green, Gamble Hill Lawn, Gamble Hill Place, Gamble Hill Rise, Gamble Hill Vale, Gamble Hill View, Gamble Hill Walk, Greenthorpe Hill, Greenthorpe Mount, Greenthorpe Road, Greenthorpe Street, Greenthorpe Walk, Heights Close, Heights Drive, Henconner Lane, Marwood Road, Pudsey Road, Queensthorpe Avenue, Queensthorpe Close, Queensthorpe Rise, Ring Road BramleyRoads with the least Crime in Farnley & Wortley
Fawcett Avenue, Fawcett Lane, Forster Mews, Green Top, Green Top Gardens, Greenside Close, Greenside Road, Greenside Terrace, Greenside Walk, Greenville Avenue, Greenville Gardens, Hales Road, Kellett Avenue, Kellett Crescent, Kellett Drive, Kellett Grove, Kellett Lane, Kellett Road, Kellett Walk, Low Mills Road, Lower Wortley Road, Ring Road Low Wortley, Ryedale Avenue, Ryedale Holt, Townend Road, Walker's Lane, Walkers Green, Western Grove, Western Mount, Western Road, Western Street, Westfield Business Park, Whitehall RoadUniversal Credit (UC) Statistics in and around Farnley & Wortley, Leeds
Although Universal Credit (UC) is a in and out of work benefit, it is a good indicator of the levels of unemployment and crucially as we move to a 'gig economy', under employment in Farnley & Wortley. The Department for Work & Pensions typically publish UC count figures 6 months in arrears.
Wages Statistics: How much can you expect to earn in Farnley & Wortley?
Every year the Office of National Statitics (ONS) publishes its labour market survery. Amongst these statitics is how much gross weekly pay you can earn on average in any local district council area. Leeds is ranked 164/314 local district councils in England, from the highest down to the lowest average weekly gross pay.
Your Wellbeing in Farnley & Wortley
Each year the Office for National Statitics (ONS) conducts a wellbeing survey at the local district level. We've grabbed the results for Leeds so you can see what to expect in Farnley & Wortley. Is it a soul destroying hellhole or quite the salubrious desireable place to live?
Your Health in Farnley & Wortley
If you are thinking of moving to Farnley & Wortley, you'll want to know if the place is likely to put you on a downward spiral of ill health. We've taken the healh question from the latest census to find out how Leeds compares to its neighbouring local authorities. People were asked to rate their current health from very bad to very good;
