Crime Statistics for Boston Spa, Leeds, Leeds, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Boston Spa in September 2024. There were a total of 27 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Public Order.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Boston Spa, 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	12
Public Order	5
Anti Social Behaviour	3
Vehicle Crime	2
Other Crime	1
Other Theft	1
Criminal Damage Arson	1
Shoplifting	1
Theft From The Person	1
All Crime	27

Map of street level crime incidents in September 2024

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

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Ingmanthorpe (3.17 miles)	46
Boston Spa	27
Bardsey (3.92 miles)	20
Walton (1.75 miles)	17
Linton (2.55 miles)	8
Collingham (2.48 miles)	7
Moor End (0.62 miles)	4
Toulston (1.96 miles)	4
Newton Kyme (2.56 miles)	3
Bickerton (3.62 miles)	1

Where are the most violent places near Boston Spa?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Ingmanthorpe	41
Bardsey	24
Boston Spa	12
Walton	9
Linton	6
Toulston	3
Newton Kyme	3
Collingham	2
Moor End	2
Bickerton	1

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

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 Boston Spa 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 Boston Spa compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Boston Spa and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Boston Spa is ranked #6.

#	Ward	Score
1	Killingbeck & Seacroft	97
2	Temple Newsam	77
3	Cross Gates & Whinmoor	74
4	Roundhay	66
5	Harewood	44
6	Wetherby	37
7	Spofforth with Lower Wharfedale	13
8	Tadcaster	10
9	Marston Moor	9
10	Appleton Roebuck & Church Fenton	7
11	Cawood & Wistow	5

Which road in Boston Spa has the highest level of crime?

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