Crime Statistics for Ireland Wood, Leeds, Leeds, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Ireland Wood in October 2024. There were a total of 212 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Vehicle Crime.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Ireland Wood, 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	72
Vehicle Crime	29
Public Order	20
Anti Social Behaviour	19
Shoplifting	17
Other Theft	14
Criminal Damage Arson	12
Burglary	9
Drugs	6
Other Crime	6
Bicycle Theft	4
Possession Of Weapons	3
Robbery	1
All Crime	212

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 Ireland Wood. 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 Ireland Wood

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Lawnswood	414
Meanwood (1.39 miles)	280
Holt Park (1.24 miles)	276
Tinshill (0.88 miles)	222
Cragg Hill (1.39 miles)	219
Horsforth Woodside (1.39 miles)	219
Ireland Wood	212
Horsforth (1.24 miles)	197
Cookridge (1.39 miles)	145
Adel (0.88 miles)	113

Where are the most violent places near Ireland Wood?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Holt Park	260
Lawnswood	140
Tinshill	96
Cragg Hill	95
Meanwood	87
Horsforth Woodside	83
Ireland Wood	72
Cookridge	70
Horsforth	69
Adel	38

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

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 Ireland Wood 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 Ireland Wood compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Bramley & Stanningley	90
2	Kirkstall	90
3	Farnley & Wortley	87
4	Chapel Allerton	86
5	Headingley & Hyde Park	77
6	Weetwood	71
7	Roundhay	66
8	Moortown	59
9	Alwoodley	49
10	Otley & Yeadon	46
11	Adel & Wharfedale	44

Which road in Ireland Wood has the highest level of crime?

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