About Us

beatcrime.info is a crime and incident mapping website for people in West Yorkshire. It provides easy access to accurate, up to date information about crime in your local area, using maps to plot where crimes and incidents have occurred. The website developed by West Yorkshire Police, in partnership with West Yorkshire Police Authority was first launched in 2005 and, based on feedback from our customers, has recently been enhanced, with more detailed maps and new links to information about your local neighbourhood policing team.

If you spot a problem, would like more information about beatcrime.info or have some feedback you'd like to give us, please send any comments to beatcrime@wypa.pnn.police.uk.

West Yorkshire Police Force employs 5773 police officers and 4275 police staff members (Police Community Support Officers, detention officers, communications officers, scientific support officers, professional support officers such as HR, Finance, Corporate Development and general administrative and clerical officers). The majority of police officers and a high proportion of police staff are directly involved in public facing roles

The force's strategic priorities for 2009–12 include the following:

The Force overarching three year strategic aim is to Increase Public Confidence and Satisfaction. This will be achieved through Force activity in relation to:

Reducing Crime and Offending;
Tackling Anti-Social Behaviour and Creating Stronger and more Cohesive Communities;
Increasing Public Confidence and Improving Customer Satisfaction;
Strengthening Protective Services and Reducing Risk to the Public and Vulnerable Groups;
Strengthening Organisational Management.

West Yorkshire Police Authority is an independent organisation responsible for ensuring West Yorkshire is policed effectively and efficiently. We work with the public, obtaining information about policing needs, using this to set policing priorities and providing information about how well the police are performing. The beatcrime.info website is a Police Authority concept, developed by West Yorkshire Police.

West Yorkshire forms the largest conurbation in the Yorkshire and Humber region, incorporating the major cities of Leeds, Bradford and Wakefield and the substantial towns of Huddersfield and Halifax. It accounts for 43% of the region's businesses and also 43% of the region's workforce. West Yorkshire is at the crossroads of the major transport routes from north to south (M1) and from west to east (M62) – the latter linking the west coast ports to those on Humberside, which form a gateway to Europe.

West Yorkshire comprises five local authority districts with the following brief characteristics.

Bradford, which developed on the textile industry, has diversified its industrial base in recent years and now has a strong presence in electronics, engineering, printing and packaging and chemicals, as well as media and call centres. The district has a high level of deprivation. In addition to Bradford, towns in the district include Shipley, Bingley, Ilkley and Keighley.
Calderdale is the least populated, with manufacturing accounting for 29% of employment. The main towns are Halifax, Brighouse, Elland and Todmorden.
Kirklees has a high proportion of its population working within the manufacturing sector (27%). It includes the towns of Huddersfield, Dewsbury and Batley.
Leeds is the largest district, with particular strengths in financial and professional services. Its service sector growth has contributed to it being one of the fastest growing economies in the country. It is a main provider of employment for the area and attracts 70,000 people to the city each day. It is expected to provide one-third of the region's additional jobs up to 2015.
Wakefield has become a major centre for the distribution and retail industry, because of the availability of land for development. It includes the towns of Castleford, Pontefract, Normanton and Hemsworth.

West Yorkshire has 42% of the Yorkshire and Humber region's population. Of West Yorkshire's 2.1 million inhabitants, 11% are from black and minority ethnic (BME) backgrounds, concentrated in Bradford (22%) and to a lesser extent Kirklees (14%). People of Pakistani and Indian origin make up the largest minority ethnic group.

There are 1.043 million people employed in West Yorkshire and job growth is forecast at 0.5% between 2004 and 2007. This represents an additional 4,500 jobs. Despite overall reductions in numbers employed in the industry, manufacturing remains a significant employment sector. Salaries in West Yorkshire are 7.6% below the national average.

In terms of deprivation, as measured by the Index of Multiple Deprivation 2004, all five local authority districts are in the worst 25% in the country.