Crime Statistics for Churwell, Leeds, Leeds, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Churwell in October 2024. There were a total of 653 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 Churwell, 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	228
Shoplifting	146
Public Order	56
Anti Social Behaviour	48
Criminal Damage Arson	42
Burglary	40
Vehicle Crime	29
Other Crime	26
Other Theft	24
Drugs	8
Possession Of Weapons	4
Robbery	2
All Crime	653

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 Churwell. 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 Churwell

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Beeston Hill (1.75 miles)	1270
Churwell	649
Mill Shaw (0.88 miles)	379
Beeston (0.88 miles)	344
Daisy Hill (0.88 miles)	295
Bantam Grove (1.24 miles)	269
Beeston Park Side (1.24 miles)	259
Morley (1.39 miles)	207
Far Royds (1.39 miles)	184
Beeston Royds (0.88 miles)	127

Where are the most violent places near Churwell?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Beeston Hill	964
Churwell	228
Beeston	175
Morley	155
Mill Shaw	145
Beeston Park Side	120
Daisy Hill	110
Bantam Grove	98
Far Royds	83
Beeston Royds	74

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

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 Churwell 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 Churwell compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Armley	96
2	Middleton Park	89
3	Beeston & Holbeck	88
4	Farnley & Wortley	87
5	Hunslet & Riverside	83
6	Little London & Woodhouse	81
7	Batley East	76
8	Birstall and Birkenshaw	73
9	Morley South	65
10	Morley North	64
11	Ardsley & Robin Hood	62

Which road in Churwell has the highest level of crime?

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