Crime Statistics for Upper Armley, Leeds, Leeds, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Upper Armley in October 2024. There were a total of 830 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 Upper Armley, 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	362
Shoplifting	107
Public Order	56
Vehicle Crime	46
Burglary	44
Other Theft	44
Anti Social Behaviour	42
Criminal Damage Arson	42
Other Crime	33
Robbery	18
Drugs	16
Bicycle Theft	8
Theft From The Person	6
Possession Of Weapons	6
All Crime	830

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 Upper Armley. 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 Upper Armley

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Upper Armley	789
Burley (0.62 miles)	695
Moorside (1.39 miles)	575
Armley (0.88 miles)	544
Green Side (1.39 miles)	456
Sandford (0.88 miles)	420
New Scarbro (1.24 miles)	363
Farnley (1.39 miles)	277
Swinnow Moor (1.96 miles)	230
Far Royds (1.86 miles)	184

Where are the most violent places near Upper Armley?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Upper Armley	362
Moorside	332
Armley	289
Burley	259
Farnley	203
Green Side	194
Sandford	171
New Scarbro	150
Swinnow Moor	112
Far Royds	83

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

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 Upper Armley 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 Upper Armley compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Armley	96
2	Bramley & Stanningley	90
3	Kirkstall	90
4	Beeston & Holbeck	88
5	Farnley & Wortley	87
6	Chapel Allerton	86
7	Hunslet & Riverside	83
8	Little London & Woodhouse	81
9	Headingley & Hyde Park	77
10	Weetwood	71
11	Moortown	59

Which road in Upper Armley has the highest level of crime?

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