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Leith Walk: your area

Leith Walk ward · City of Edinburgh. Every figure carries its own date.

Boundary: May 2026. Census and crime records have different dates and purposes.

What makes this ward different?

People aged 16+ with a degree or higher: 59.6% here, compared with 50% across City of Edinburgh (9.6 percentage points higher).

Qualifications show local skills, not whether people have secure jobs or use those skills at work. Scotland uses its own qualification categories.

20 March 2022 · ward and council use the same source, measure and date.

Why this comparison is valid

The difference is in percentage points. The wider figure is the published council total, not the average of its wards. Differences describe groups, not every resident.

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The people and homes here

People aged 65 or over

Not available

20 March 2022 · Leith Walk ward

A required output-area cell contains an undefined dash; the affected aggregate is withheld, not treated as zero.

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UK Facts calculation: output-area counts summed using the official NRS 2022 geography index only when every required cell is numeric. The source dash has no verified definition in the archive or its disclosure notes, so affected sums are withheld; it is not treated as zero. Dash-cell counts are retained in diagnostics. Cells are privacy-adjusted and may not add to independently published totals. Each percentage uses its own table denominator.

All usual residents

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People reporting bad or very bad health

Not available

20 March 2022 · Leith Walk ward

A required output-area cell contains an undefined dash; the affected aggregate is withheld, not treated as zero.

Show the workings

UK Facts calculation: output-area counts summed using the official NRS 2022 geography index only when every required cell is numeric. The source dash has no verified definition in the archive or its disclosure notes, so affected sums are withheld; it is not treated as zero. Dash-cell counts are retained in diagnostics. Cells are privacy-adjusted and may not add to independently published totals. Each percentage uses its own table denominator.

All usual residents

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People counted in the census

33,180

20 March 2022 · Leith Walk ward

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Complete unrounded output-area population counts summed using the official NRS OA2022-to-council/ward lookup. Census date 20 March 2022.

All usual residents

33,180 out of 33,180.

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People aged 16+ with a degree or higher

59.6%

20 March 2022 · Leith Walk ward

Show the workings

UK Facts calculation: output-area counts summed using the official NRS 2022 geography index only when every required cell is numeric. The source dash has no verified definition in the archive or its disclosure notes, so affected sums are withheld; it is not treated as zero. Dash-cell counts are retained in diagnostics. Cells are privacy-adjusted and may not add to independently published totals. Each percentage uses its own table denominator. Scottish degree-or-higher excludes HNC/HND and is kept distinct from the wider Level 4+ measure used elsewhere.

All usual residents aged 16 and over

18,096 out of 30,375.

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People aged 16+ with no qualifications

Not available

20 March 2022 · Leith Walk ward

A required output-area cell contains an undefined dash; the affected aggregate is withheld, not treated as zero.

Show the workings

UK Facts calculation: output-area counts summed using the official NRS 2022 geography index only when every required cell is numeric. The source dash has no verified definition in the archive or its disclosure notes, so affected sums are withheld; it is not treated as zero. Dash-cell counts are retained in diagnostics. Cells are privacy-adjusted and may not add to independently published totals. Each percentage uses its own table denominator. Scottish degree-or-higher excludes HNC/HND and is kept distinct from the wider Level 4+ measure used elsewhere.

All usual residents aged 16 and over

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Homes rented privately

Not available

20 March 2022 · Leith Walk ward

A required output-area cell contains an undefined dash; the affected aggregate is withheld, not treated as zero.

Show the workings

UK Facts calculation: output-area counts summed using the official NRS 2022 geography index only when every required cell is numeric. The source dash has no verified definition in the archive or its disclosure notes, so affected sums are withheld; it is not treated as zero. Dash-cell counts are retained in diagnostics. Cells are privacy-adjusted and may not add to independently published totals. Each percentage uses its own table denominator.

All occupied households

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Homes rented from a council or housing association

Not available

20 March 2022 · Leith Walk ward

A required output-area cell contains an undefined dash; the affected aggregate is withheld, not treated as zero.

Show the workings

UK Facts calculation: output-area counts summed using the official NRS 2022 geography index only when every required cell is numeric. The source dash has no verified definition in the archive or its disclosure notes, so affected sums are withheld; it is not treated as zero. Dash-cell counts are retained in diagnostics. Cells are privacy-adjusted and may not add to independently published totals. Each percentage uses its own table denominator.

All occupied households

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Crime and safety

Police UK only publishes transport-police data in Scotland; it cannot measure total ward crime.

Source and coverage explanation →

Police.uk street records do not cover ordinary Police Scotland crime. Scottish recorded-crime figures use their own definitions and are shown separately where available.

The chart below covers the whole council area. It is context for this ward, not a ward total.

Crimes recorded by Police Scotland

1996/1997 to 2025/2026

City of Edinburgh local authority area · recorded crimes

Reviewed figures: 1996/1997 to 2025/2026. The chart opens on the latest 30 years; choose All history for the full reviewed record.

Shown on this chart: 54,885 recorded crimes in 1996/1997; 39,483 recorded crimes in 2025/2026. These are recorded counts; check the coverage notes before comparing periods.

The line joins consecutive published observations.

Data table and workings

Published Scottish annual recorded crimes, separately from offences. Different recording/counting rules from England and Wales; no UK crime ranking.

Council-area annual totals; not street-level mapped incidents.

Scottish crimes and offences are distinct categories. These figures are not directly comparable with England/Wales mapped crime.

The table retains the full reviewed history when the chart is shortened. Preset ranges end at this measure’s latest published period. Yearly windows count published annual periods; monthly windows count months. Gaps are never filled with estimates.

Crimes recorded by Police Scotland — City of Edinburgh local authority area: full reviewed history
Periodrecorded crimes
1996/199754,885
1997/199852,764
1998/199953,975
1999/200062,576
2000/200160,096
2001/200259,607
2002/200356,576
2003/200459,129
2004/200559,478
2005/200656,987
2006/200756,619
2007/200852,804
2008/200951,573
2009/201046,692
2010/201145,026
2011/201242,852
2012/201337,162
2013/201442,401
2014/201542,098
2015/201638,525
2016/201736,117
2017/201839,790
2018/201938,076
2019/202036,815
2020/202132,673
2021/202232,032
2022/202332,175
2023/202434,976
2024/202538,116
2025/202639,483
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Plans affecting this area

No project footprint has been verified for this ward. See the wider local plans; a nearby site does not automatically mean the whole ward benefits.

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