Crime and Safety in Pudsey, West Yorkshire
Last updated: 07 Jun 2026
Pudsey is the third safest medium-sized town in West Yorkshire, and is the 49th most dangerous overall out of West Yorkshire's 118 towns, villages, and cities. The overall crime rate in Pudsey in 2026 is 81 crimes per 1,000 people. This compares favourably to West Yorkshire's overall crime rate, coming in 16% lower than the West Yorkshire rate of 96 per 1,000 daytime population. For England, Wales, and Northern Ireland as a whole, Pudsey is the 96th safest medium-sized town, and the 1,629th most dangerous location out of all towns, cities, and villages.
In February 2023, Pudsey had the worst crime rate in West Yorkshire for shoplifting, with 77 crimes reported and a crime rate of 2.0 per 1,000 daytime population. And in January 2026, Pudsey was the worst medium-sized town in West Yorkshire for burglary, with 35 crimes reported and a crime rate of 0.92 per 1,000 daytime population. March 2025 was also a bad month for Pudsey residents, when it was West Yorkshire's most dangerous medium-sized town for shoplifting, recording 63 crimes at a rate of 1.7 per 1,000 daytime population.
The most common crimes in Pudsey are violence and sexual offences, with 1,196 offences during 2026, giving a crime rate of 32. This is 3.2% lower than 2025's figure of 1,235 offences and a difference of 1.02 from 2025's crime rate of 33. Pudsey's least common crime is theft from the person, with 14 offences recorded in 2026, a decrease of 30% from 2025's figure of 20 crimes.
Pudsey 2026 Crime Scorecard
Third Safest
Medium-Sized Towns, West Yorkshire
5% lower, regional crime rate
Yorkshire and The Humber
12% higher, national crime rate
England, Wales & NI
Local Crime in Context
As of April 2026, the crime rate in Pudsey is 5% lower than Yorkshire and The Humber and 12% higher than the England, Wales & Northern Ireland overall figure.
Pudsey Crime Rate Over Time
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Pudsey Crime Map
Incidents mapped in Pudsey represent the time frame between January 2016 and April 2026. Each point on the map represents an area where crimes have been recorded locally.
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Introduction to Pudsey's crime statistics
This crime profile provides a detailed view of crime and safety around Pudsey up to April 2026, the most recent data release available. The crime figures and statistics have been calculated across each of Pudsey's 955 postcodes using three area sizes for comparison:
- Within a Five-Minute Walk
- Within a Ten-Minute Walk
- Within a Fifteen-Minute Walk
Individual crime risk scores and index figures are for the 12-month period ending April 2026 unless otherwise stated.
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Crime Risk Scores
Pudsey • 12 Months Ending April 2026
The typical five-minute walk within Pudsey has a crime risk score of 606. This is based on analysis of 955 nearby areas within Pudsey, with "most" referring to roughly two thirds of the nearby locations.
Crime risk scores are on a scale of 1 to 1,000 and consider the severity of the crimes involved, as determined by sentencing guidelines. A score of 1 represents the lowest risk, and 1,000 the highest risk. This approach ensures that - unlike overall crime rate figures - bicycle theft is not given the same importance in Pudsey's risk scores as, for example, robbery, or violence & sexual offences.
Within a five-minute walk of the typical location in Pudsey, crime risk scores are typically around 606, while in West Yorkshire they are average 638.
Areas within a ten-minute walk typically see crime risk scores of 703 (666 for West Yorkshire), and scores within a fifteen-minute walk are most often around 769 (West Yorkshire 702).
Trends in Crime Risk
Pudsey
Calculated via Seasonal and Trend decomposition using Loess, the Seasonality Adjusted line represents the original data with seasonality subtracted, and the Trend line has been plotted unadjusted. Overall trend direction has been identified using the Mann-Kendall trend test, and rate calculated from the slope of the best-fit line identified from linear regression.
The 10-year trend indicates an increase of 3.5% in Pudsey's crime risk score. This is potentially a strong signal of how the crime risk is evolving. Cross-referencing with major cultural events and Covid's impact during this time is advised.
The five-year trend may be static; no significant trend was identified in Pudsey's crime risk scores during this timeframe.
Over the last year, Pudsey's crime risk score has shown a downward trend of approximately 9%, indicating that the risk profile is going down. This is an extremely short time period for crime trend analysis, and caution should be exercised when interpreting this figure.
Crime Rates and Indexes
Pudsey
The CrimeRate Index shows how crime rates compare against the national average.
1.0 equals the average
2.0 is double
3.0 triple
0.5 is half and
0.25 a quarter.
Highest Crime Rates
Pudsey • 12 Months Ending April 2026
Excluding other crime and other theft because their geographic location is often not relevant, anti-social behaviour as its definition is too wide, and bicycle theft for its specificity.
Burglary offences have a crime rate of 8.26 reports per 1,000 people in Pudsey, which is 2.64 times the national average. This figure is calculated from 313 crime reports logged by West Yorkshire Police during the 12-month period ending April 2026.
For the same period, West Yorkshire Police recorded 422 reports of Shoplifting in Pudsey, resulting in a crime rate of 11 reports per 1,000, and a CrimeRate Index of 1.56.
The crime rate for Vehicle Crime is 1.12 times the national average at 4.82 reports per 1,000. This is from 183 crime reports reported to West Yorkshire Police.
Most Significant 3-Year Increases in Crime Types
Pudsey
Excluding other crime and other theft, anti-social behaviour, and bicycle theft, and calculated with the same STL method described in Trends in Crime Risk, using CrimeRate Index figures to identify crime types that are trending above or below the national average, and the analysis timeframe limited to the last three years.
Burglary offences are trending upwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 1.21 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Burglary CrimeRate Index was 0.70 times the national average, and the current trend indicates an increase of 73% over this timeframe.
Most Significant 3-Year Decreases in Crime Types
Pudsey
Calculated with the same methodology as the largest increases section above.
Shoplifting offences are trending downwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 0.80 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Shoplifting CrimeRate Index was 2.44 times the national average, and the current trend indicates a decrease of 67% over this timeframe.
Vehicle Crime offences are trending downwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 0.69 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Vehicle Crime CrimeRate Index was 1.45 times the national average, and the current trend indicates a decrease of 52% over this timeframe.
Public Order offences are trending downwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 0.94 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Public Order CrimeRate Index was 1.42 times the national average, and the current trend indicates a decrease of 34% over this timeframe.
Crime Type Breakdown & Heat Map
Pudsey • 12 Months Ending April 2026
Size and colour reflect the CrimeRate Index figures for each type of crime.
Pudsey | West Yorkshire | Yorkshire and The Humber | |||||||
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| Crime Type | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index |
| Anti-Social Behaviour | 390 | 10.28 | 0.73 | 28,357 | 10.30 | 0.73 | 77,875 | 12.35 | 0.87 |
| Bicycle Theft | 23 | 0.62 | 0.95 | 1,587 | 0.59 | 0.81 | 4,306 | 0.68 | 0.93 |
| Burglary | 313 | 8.26 | 2.64 | 14,188 | 5.18 | 1.65 | 27,843 | 4.41 | 1.41 |
| Criminal Damage and Arson | 199 | 5.24 | 0.83 | 20,740 | 7.54 | 1.20 | 47,570 | 7.55 | 1.20 |
| Drugs | 77 | 2.03 | 0.66 | 10,751 | 3.90 | 1.26 | 19,757 | 3.14 | 1.02 |
| Other Crime | 117 | 3.08 | 1.66 | 9,197 | 3.34 | 1.81 | 18,290 | 2.91 | 1.57 |
| Other Theft | 242 | 6.37 | 1.12 | 18,533 | 6.75 | 1.19 | 36,443 | 5.78 | 1.02 |
| Possession of Weapons | 22 | 0.60 | 0.94 | 2,561 | 0.93 | 1.09 | 5,827 | 0.93 | 1.09 |
| Public Order | 214 | 5.65 | 0.97 | 23,622 | 8.57 | 1.48 | 47,514 | 7.55 | 1.30 |
| Robbery | 34 | 0.90 | 0.90 | 3,718 | 1.35 | 1.14 | 7,156 | 1.13 | 0.96 |
| Shoplifting | 422 | 11.14 | 1.56 | 20,448 | 7.41 | 1.04 | 48,695 | 7.71 | 1.08 |
| Theft From the Person | 14 | 0.38 | 0.29 | 2,229 | 0.81 | 0.52 | 3,568 | 0.57 | 0.37 |
| Vehicle Crime | 183 | 4.82 | 1.12 | 15,694 | 5.69 | 1.32 | 30,637 | 4.87 | 1.13 |
| Violence and Sexual Offences | 1,196 | 31.51 | 1.04 | 122,302 | 44.42 | 1.46 | 239,898 | 38.04 | 1.25 |
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Total Crime by Year
Pudsey | West Yorkshire | Yorkshire and The Humber | |||||||
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| Year | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index |
| 2026 | 3,056 | 80.60 | 1.13 | 265,570 | 96.48 | 1.34 | 537,504 | 85.27 | 1.18 |
| 2025 | 3,263 | 86.10 | 1.19 | 277,491 | 101.23 | 1.37 | 553,826 | 88.44 | 1.19 |
| 2024 | 3,221 | 85.55 | 1.15 | 287,194 | 105.62 | 1.40 | 576,330 | 93.00 | 1.23 |
| 2023 | 3,732 | 99.55 | 1.27 | 312,915 | 116.19 | 1.47 | 611,034 | 99.55 | 1.26 |
| 2022 | 3,063 | 81.75 | 1.08 | 294,530 | 110.60 | 1.44 | 574,808 | 94.84 | 1.23 |
| 2021 | 2,546 | 68.09 | 1.01 | 250,751 | 94.53 | 1.38 | 501,180 | 83.02 | 1.21 |
| 2020 | 2,682 | 71.48 | 0.98 | 275,554 | 104.15 | 1.40 | 549,148 | 91.15 | 1.23 |
| 2019 | 2,909 | 77.61 | 1.03 | 287,851 | 109.31 | 1.43 | 568,297 | 94.66 | 1.24 |
| 2018 | 2,762 | 73.26 | 1.05 | 256,214 | 97.73 | 1.37 | 514,090 | 85.73 | 1.21 |
| 2017 | 2,346 | 62.23 | 0.99 | 226,333 | 86.57 | 1.35 | 456,998 | 76.46 | 1.20 |
| 2016 | 783 | 20.82 | 1.11 | 67,845 | 26.03 | 1.36 | 133,274 | 22.31 | 1.17 |
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Pudsey Compared to Nearby Medium-Sized Towns
12 Months Ending Apr 2026
| Medium-Sized Town | Total Crimes | Crime Rate | Rate Difference |
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| Castleford | 6,059 | 123.63 | 53% more dangerous |
| Keighley | 6,863 | 108.93 | 35% more dangerous |
| Pontefract | 3,626 | 103.77 | 29% more dangerous |
| Shipley | 1,779 | 95.13 | 18% more dangerous |
| Morley | 4,230 | 95.96 | 19% more dangerous |
| Batley | 4,131 | 88.83 | 10% more dangerous |
| Brighouse | 2,918 | 83.30 | 3.3% more dangerous |
| Pudsey | 3,056 | 80.60 | - |
| Holme Valley | 1,392 | 47.86 | 41% safer |
| Kirkburton | 1,221 | 45.34 | 44% safer |
Comparing Pudsey to the UK's Major Cities
12 Months Ending Apr 2026
| City Name | Crime Rate | Rate Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Cardiff | 79.55 | 1.3% safer |
| Pudsey | 80.60 | - |
| Newcastle upon Tyne | 82.69 | 2.6% more dangerous |
| Sheffield | 84.09 | 4.3% more dangerous |
| Leicester | 97.87 | 21% more dangerous |
| Bristol | 104.64 | 30% more dangerous |
| Birmingham | 105.05 | 30% more dangerous |
| Liverpool | 106.48 | 32% more dangerous |
| Leeds | 107.10 | 33% more dangerous |
| Nottingham | 107.74 | 34% more dangerous |
| Westminster | 125.00 | 55% more dangerous |
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Offences In and Around Pudsey's Parks & Leisure Spaces
Limited to spaces in Pudsey that are named and have had crimes recorded within their boundaries in the 12 months to Apr 2026.
| Name | ASB | Drugs | Public Order | Robbery | VSO | All Others |
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| Queen's Park | 29 | 1 | 2 | - | 21 | 20 |
| Wood Nook | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 8 |
| Priesthorpe Lane Allotments | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 |
| Marsden Memorial Gardens | 7 | - | 3 | - | 9 | 12 |
| Westroyd Park | 10 | 1 | - | - | 11 | 13 |
| Hainsworth Playing Fields | 5 | 1 | 1 | - | 10 | 10 |
| Farsley Recreation Centre | 8 | - | 5 | - | 12 | 12 |
| Phoenix Park Sports Grounds | 16 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 28 | 46 |
| Westdale Allotments | 1 | - | - | - | 6 | 5 |
| Pudsey St Lawrence Cricket Club | 1 | - | - | - | 3 | 4 |
| Pudsey Cemetery | 11 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 22 | 22 |
| Tofts Road Allotments | 8 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 13 |
| Pudsey Park | 32 | 3 | 16 | 2 | 45 | 51 |
| Crimbles Allotments | - | 1 | 5 | - | 13 | 21 |
| Red Lane Ground | 1 | - | - | - | 5 | 2 |
| Farsley Baptist Burial Ground | 1 | - | - | - | 6 | 4 |
| Hough Side Allotments | - | - | - | - | - | 4 |
Recent Crimes in Pudsey
The 20 most recent crime reports in Pudsey.
| Date | Crime Type | Location | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| April 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | On or near Wesley Terrace | |
| April 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | On or near Wesley Terrace | |
| April 2026 | Bicycle theft | On or near Spring Valley | |
| April 2026 | Burglary | On or near Gladstone Street | |
| April 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | On or near Acres Hall Drive | |
| April 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | On or near Broadlands Court | |
| April 2026 | Other crime | On or near Wesley Terrace | |
| April 2026 | Other theft | On or near Turner Street | |
| April 2026 | Other theft | On or near Hudson Street | |
| April 2026 | Other theft | On or near Grange Avenue | |
| April 2026 | Public order | On or near Wesley Terrace | |
| April 2026 | Shoplifting | On or near Smalewell Close | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Mill Beck Close | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Daleside Avenue | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near The Gardens | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Kent Crescent | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Mill Beck Close | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Gain Lane | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Larkfield Road | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Mill Beck Close |
Methodology & Data Sources
Pudsey Crime Report
Data Sources & Processing
Every month, CrimeRate processes crime reports from data.police.uk, the UK's official provider of open crime report data. Each crime report includes anonymised coordinates, most often "snapped" to the middle of the nearest street, or to the nearest major landmark. The reports also include the month and year the crime was reported, as well as the type of crime.
Data releases on data.police.uk happen once a month, with a two-month delay. This means that, for example, crimes reported in Pudsey during June 2026 will typically become available in August 2026. The latest release is for Apr 2026 and was released in Jun 2026. To provide current and historical crime statistics, CrimeRate processed 61,669,232 crime reports for the latest release.
Pudsey Data Points
For Pudsey, CrimeRate uses the geographic boundaries provided by The Office for National Statistics in the December 2022 release of their Built Up Areas dataset, using the BUA22CD column value E63000789.
Due to the 2021 Census being conducted during a UK-wide Coronavirus lockdown, the daytime population figures released so far cannot be relied on for purposes such as comparing crime rates. Instead, CrimeRate uses Pudsey's daytime - or "workday" - population of 27,130 from the ONS 2011 Census for calculations throughout the site.
All geographic boundaries use the full resolution - extent of the realm versions where provided to avoid missing crime reports near coastlines and rivers - the banks of the Thames in particular - that would otherwise not be included when using the clipped to the coastline datasets.
Calculating Crime Rates
CrimeRate locates the UK region, county, and town/city/village locality for each crime report, and calculates the crime rate by taking the sum of all crime reports, dividing it by the locality's daytime / "workday" population, and multiplying the result by 1,000 to get the crime rate per 1,000.
Crime Risk Score Calculations
CrimeRate calculates crime counts for local, nearby, and wider areas for every postcode in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland. The postcodes locations are deduplicated by a process that ensures distinct points are approximately 50 metres apart. This process removes the bias that would otherwise come from counting the same crimes several times in heavily populated areas.
Using a custom algorithm developed in-house, CrimeRate applies a crime severity weighting to each area's crime counts, based on the type of crime reported. This increases or decreases the crime count, or zeroes it out entirely, depending on the crime type. A separate crime severity rate is then calculated, standardised, and scaled to fit the crime risk score range of 1 to 1,000, with 1 being the lowest score, and 1,000 the highest.
Crime risk scores undergo further analysis per town, city, and village plus other areas including police forces and neighbourhoods. CrimeRate uses percentiles to work out the most common range of crime risk scores in each locality. This includes identifying the high and low bounds where approximately 68% of scores fall, and finding the median (50th percentile) for easy reference.
The crime types with a weight of zero are: Anti-Social Behaviour; Bicycle Theft; Other Crime; Other Theft; and Shoplifting. The highest weights to are assigned to Violence & Sexual Offences, and the lowest to Vehicle Crime.
Frequently Asked Questions
Crime in Pudsey