Crime Statistics for Newsam Green, Leeds, Leeds, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Newsam Green in October 2024. There were a total of 83 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Anti Social Behaviour.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Newsam Green, 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	34
Anti Social Behaviour	11
Public Order	8
Vehicle Crime	8
Criminal Damage Arson	7
Other Theft	6
Other Crime	4
Bicycle Theft	2
Shoplifting	2
Possession Of Weapons	1
All Crime	83

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 Newsam Green. 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 Newsam Green

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Halton (2.24 miles)	268
Rothwell Haigh (1.76 miles)	254
Rothwell (1.76 miles)	127
John O’Gaunts (0.88 miles)	121
Austhorpe (1.96 miles)	70
Brown Moor (1.96 miles)	70
Newsam Green	66
Colton (1.24 miles)	41
Hollinthorpe (1.39 miles)	32
Little Preston (1.24 miles)	26

Where are the most violent places near Newsam Green?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Rothwell Haigh	168
Halton	111
Rothwell	42
John O’Gaunts	42
Little Preston	35
Newsam Green	34
Austhorpe	18
Hollinthorpe	18
Brown Moor	15
Colton	7

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

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 Newsam Green 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 Newsam Green compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Newsam Green and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Resident in Newsam Green have the lowest likelyhood of being a victim of personal crime in the area. The ward with the lowest likelyhood is Killingbeck & Seacroft.

#	Ward	Score
1	Killingbeck & Seacroft	97
2	Burmantofts & Richmond Hill	91
3	Middleton Park	89
4	Beeston & Holbeck	88
5	Temple Newsam	77
6	Cross Gates & Whinmoor	74
7	Rothwell	66
8	Ardsley & Robin Hood	62
9	Stanley and Outwood East	50
10	Kippax & Methley	50
11	Garforth & Swillington	39

Which road in Newsam Green has the highest level of crime?

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