Crime Rate in Garforth & Swillington, ward

Garforth & Swillington has the 9th lowest crime rate of 33 wards in Leeds district and the 3051st highest crime rate ward of 7,541 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (Yorkshire and The Humber), it has the 179th lowest crime rate of 410 wards.

The overall crime rate in Garforth & Swillington in the last 12 months was 72.9 per 1,000 residents and was 44.5% lower than the Leeds district average (131.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Garforth & Swillington’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 684 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 7 cases , up 16.7% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -35.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 800 (≈ 34.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -3.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -57.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Garforth & Swillington ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Thorpe Park Approach, with 122 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Selby Road (80 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.