Crime Statistics for Longwood Edge, Kirklees, Kirklees, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Longwood Edge in October 2024. There were a total of 132 incidents. 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 Longwood Edge, 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	60
Criminal Damage Arson	16
Anti Social Behaviour	11
Public Order	10
Burglary	9
Vehicle Crime	8
Other Theft	7
Drugs	5
Other Crime	3
Theft From The Person	1
Shoplifting	1
Possession Of Weapons	1
All Crime	132

Map of street level crime incidents in October 2024

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

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Oakes (0.62 miles)	458
Paddock (1.39 miles)	312
Marsh (1.24 miles)	303
Birchencliffe (0.88 miles)	143
Longwood (0.62 miles)	139
Longwood Edge	132
Salendine Nook	127
Ainley Top (1.39 miles)	98
Blackley (1.24 miles)	69
Nettleton Hill (0.62 miles)	50

Where are the most violent places near Longwood Edge?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Oakes	171
Paddock	142
Marsh	131
Salendine Nook	72
Birchencliffe	61
Longwood	60
Longwood Edge	60
Ainley Top	48
Blackley	31
Nettleton Hill	23

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

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 Longwood Edge 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 Longwood Edge compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Newsome	87
2	Greenhead	83
3	Crosland Moor and Netherton	75
4	Ashbrow	72
5	Dalton	70
6	Elland	68
7	Golcar	63
8	Lindley	63
9	Greetland and Stainland	55
10	Colne Valley	55
11	Ryburn	54

Which road in Longwood Edge has the highest level of crime?

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