Crime Statistics for Burley, Leeds, Leeds, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Burley in October 2024. There were a total of 695 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 Burley, 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	259
Shoplifting	67
Anti Social Behaviour	57
Criminal Damage Arson	53
Other Theft	51
Public Order	47
Vehicle Crime	41
Burglary	29
Robbery	24
Drugs	23
Other Crime	22
Theft From The Person	9
Bicycle Theft	8
Possession Of Weapons	5
All Crime	695

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 Burley. 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 Burley

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Little London (1.86 miles)	1611
Holbeck (1.75 miles)	789
Upper Armley (0.62 miles)	789
Burley	695
Armley (0.62 miles)	544
Miles Hill (1.75 miles)	539
Green Side (1.24 miles)	456
Sandford (1.39 miles)	420
New Scarbro (1.86 miles)	363
Farnley (1.75 miles)	277

Where are the most violent places near Burley?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Little London	456
Upper Armley	362
Armley	289
Holbeck	278
Burley	259
Farnley	203
Miles Hill	195
Green Side	194
Sandford	171
New Scarbro	150

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

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 Burley 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 Burley compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Gipton & Harehills	96
2	Armley	96
3	Bramley & Stanningley	90
4	Kirkstall	90
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	Moortown	59

Which road in Burley has the highest level of crime?

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