How neighbourhoods moved each quarter
2023
Whole-area crime rate 32.6 to 37.0 per 1,000 (high: Q2 2023).
Big moves (4+ places in a quarter): East Ardsley 6th→10th (Q2)
Gildersome 5th→9th (Q3)
2024
Whole-area crime rate 29.3 to 33.6 per 1,000 (high: Q2 2024).
Big moves (4+ places in a quarter): Headingley 4th→8th (Q1)
East Ardsley 13th→9th (Q2)
Middleton 10th→6th (Q3)
East Ardsley 9th→14th (Q3)
Moor Head 2nd→6th (Q4)
Middleton 6th→10th (Q4)
2025
Whole-area crime rate 27.1 to 33.0 per 1,000 (high: Q3 2025).
Big moves (4+ places in a quarter): Moor Head 6th→1st (Q1)
East Ardsley 13th→6th (Q2)
Black Gates 8th→12th (Q2)
East Ardsley 6th→13th (Q3)
2026
Whole-area crime rate 28.0 to 31.0 per 1,000 (high: Q2 2026). 2 quarters so far.
Big moves (4+ places in a quarter): Westerton 13th→9th (Q1)
Gildersome 7th→11th (Q1)
Gildersome 11th→5th (Q2)
Moor Head 2nd→6th (Q2)
East Ardsley 13th→7th (Q2)
Middleton 6th→10th (Q2)
Reported Safety Incidents
In Q2 2026: violent incidents were 40% (1,037), property incidents were 35% (907), public order incidents were 22% (578) and vehicle crimes were 3% (86).
Recorded crime here is grouped into violent crime, property crime (burglary and theft), vehicle crime and public order offences, so you can compare how safe each neighbourhood is for the kind of crime that matters to you.
Places we left out, and places to read with care
Left out: Nook; Silver Royd Hill; Woodkirk. They have almost no residents: their crimes are against visitors, so a rate per resident says little about living there.
Moor Head (12.7 per 1,000 from 4 crimes among 314 residents), East Ardsley (20.6 per 1,000 from 8 crimes among 388 residents), Farnley (61.1 per 1,000 from 32 crimes among 524 residents), Gildersome (11.2 per 1,000 from 6 crimes among 534 residents), Upper Green (7.9 per 1,000 from 5 crimes among 630 residents), Westerton (32.2 per 1,000 from 21 crimes among 653 residents), Outwood (0.9 per 1,000 from 1 crime among 1,060 residents), Scott Green (8.2 per 1,000 from 9 crimes among 1,101 residents), Middleton (31.2 per 1,000 from 42 crimes among 1,346 residents) and Batley (9.3 per 1,000 from 13 crimes among 1,397 residents) are places with few residents (under 3,000): a rate on so few people says little about living there, so they are not named as the lowest or highest.








