Crime Statistics for Little London, Leeds, City of Leeds, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Little London in August 2024. There were a total of 1699 incidents. 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 Little London, 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	517
Shoplifting	325
Public Order	179
Other Theft	131
Vehicle Crime	105
Anti Social Behaviour	91
Criminal Damage Arson	88
Burglary	49
Drugs	47
Bicycle Theft	46
Theft From The Person	41
Robbery	36
Possession Of Weapons	23
Other Crime	21
All Crime	1699

Map of street level crime incidents in August 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Little London. 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 Little London

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Little London	1699
Sheepscar (0.62 miles)	1397
Holbeck (1.39 miles)	1342
Burmantofts (1.24 miles)	1046
Harehills (1.24 miles)	1046
Oakwood (1.75 miles)	813
Knowsthorpe (1.39 miles)	777
Miles Hill (1.39 miles)	524
Potternewton (1.24 miles)	519
Cross Green (1.75 miles)	239

Where are the most violent places near Little London?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Sheepscar	890
Little London	517
Holbeck	431
Burmantofts	381
Harehills	381
Oakwood	337
Knowsthorpe	255
Potternewton	223
Miles Hill	182
Cross Green	122

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

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 Little London 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 Little London compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Little London and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Little London is ranked #9.

#	Ward	Score
1	Gipton & Harehills	96
2	Armley	96
3	Burmantofts & Richmond Hill	91
4	Middleton Park	89
5	Beeston & Holbeck	88
6	Farnley & Wortley	87
7	Chapel Allerton	86
8	Hunslet & Riverside	83
9	Little London & Woodhouse	81
10	Headingley & Hyde Park	77
11	Roundhay	66

Which road in Little London has the highest level of crime?

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