Crime Rate in Armley, ward

Armley has the 3rd highest crime rate of 33 wards in Leeds district and the 272nd highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (Yorkshire and The Humber), it has the 19th highest crime rate of 410 wards.

The overall crime rate in Armley in the last 12 months was 206.9 per 1,000 residents and was 55.2% higher than the Leeds district average (133.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Armley’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 2,550 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 38 cases , up 5.6% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 42.5% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -31.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 3,144 (≈ 115.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 11.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -28.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Armley ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Shopping Area, with 164 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Prison (95 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.