Crime Statistics for Potternewton, Leeds, Leeds, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Potternewton in October 2024. There were a total of 522 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 Potternewton, 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	223
Anti Social Behaviour	50
Vehicle Crime	42
Other Theft	39
Public Order	35
Burglary	31
Criminal Damage Arson	27
Shoplifting	24
Robbery	14
Other Crime	10
Bicycle Theft	10
Drugs	9
Theft From The Person	7
Possession Of Weapons	1
All Crime	522

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 Potternewton. 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 Potternewton

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Sheepscar (1.39 miles)	3468
Little London (1.24 miles)	1611
Oakwood (1.24 miles)	1245
Harehills (1.75 miles)	1078
Miles Hill (0.62 miles)	539
Potternewton	522
Moortown (1.24 miles)	437
Chapel Allerton (0.62 miles)	417
Meanwood (1.39 miles)	280
Park Villas (1.75 miles)	255

Where are the most violent places near Potternewton?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Sheepscar	1069
Oakwood	571
Little London	456
Harehills	414
Chapel Allerton	240
Moortown	236
Potternewton	223
Miles Hill	195
Park Villas	103
Meanwood	87

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

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 Potternewton 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 Potternewton compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Potternewton and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Potternewton is ranked #5.

#	Ward	Score
1	Gipton & Harehills	96
2	Armley	96
3	Burmantofts & Richmond Hill	91
4	Beeston & Holbeck	88
5	Chapel Allerton	86
6	Hunslet & Riverside	83
7	Little London & Woodhouse	81
8	Headingley & Hyde Park	77
9	Roundhay	66
10	Moortown	59
11	Adel & Wharfedale	44

Which road in Potternewton has the highest level of crime?

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