Crime Statistics for Lofthouse, Leeds, Wakefield, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Lofthouse in September 2024. There were a total of 74 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Public Order.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Lofthouse, 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	37
Public Order	8
Anti Social Behaviour	7
Shoplifting	6
Criminal Damage Arson	4
Other Theft	4
Vehicle Crime	3
Burglary	2
Other Crime	2
Drugs	1
All Crime	74

Map of street level crime incidents in September 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Lofthouse. 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 Lofthouse

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Newton Hill (1.86 miles)	584
Rothwell (1.96 miles)	187
Lofthouse Gate (0.62 miles)	106
Lofthouse	74
The Fall (1.86 miles)	60
Carlton (1.24 miles)	46
Bottom Boat (1.39 miles)	45
Lawns (1.39 miles)	31
Carr Gate (1.39 miles)	31
Royds Green (1.39 miles)	21

Where are the most violent places near Lofthouse?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Newton Hill	245
Rothwell	95
Lofthouse Gate	52
Lofthouse	37
The Fall	33
Bottom Boat	29
Carlton	19
Lawns	15
Carr Gate	15
Royds Green	14

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

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 Lofthouse 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 Lofthouse compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Middleton Park	89
2	Wakefield West	80
3	Wakefield East	80
4	Wakefield North	78
5	Batley East	76
6	Normanton	74
7	Wakefield South	67
8	Rothwell	66
9	Ardsley & Robin Hood	62
10	Stanley and Outwood East	50
11	Wrenthorpe and Outwood West	49

Which road in Lofthouse has the highest level of crime?

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