Understanding Leeds Most Common Crimes

Understanding Leeds Most Common Crimes

 

Leeds is the largest city in the county if West Yorkshire, that is highly popular and known for its shopping, nightlife, universities, and sport. It is a city also known for its parks and beautiful green spaces that make it a very appealing city for tourists and visitors.

However, in past years Leeds has been known and recognized for its high crime rate. This is something that has reflected negatively on the city, deterring visitors and impacting on Leeds residents’ movements around the city. Despite Leeds’s crime ridden past, the past year or so has shown an overall decline in crimes committed, with a 2.6 per cent reduction in offences in West Yorkshire in 2019/20, and around 7,600 fewer victims, according to the West Yorkshire Police.

 

What are these crimes that are still being committed?

New police data, obtained by the Yorkshire Evening Post under the Freedom of Information (FOI) ACT, has revealed the nine most commonly recorded crimes in north Leeds wards from April 2019 to March 2020. Here they are:

 

1. Violence Without Injury

There were a total of 5,335 violent crimes without injury recorded in Leeds within this time frame.

 

2. Burglary – Residential

There were 2,188 residential burglaries recorded in Leeds from April 2019 to March 2020.

There are three main types of burglary, they are: opportunistic burglary, targeted/planned burglary, and distraction burglary...

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