Crime Rate in Little London & Woodhouse, ward

Little London & Woodhouse has the 2nd highest crime rate of 33 wards in Leeds district and the 176th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (Yorkshire and The Humber), it has the 13th highest crime rate of 410 wards.

The overall crime rate in Little London & Woodhouse in the last 12 months was 246.6 per 1,000 residents and was 84.9% higher than the Leeds district average (133.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Little London & Woodhouse’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 2,626 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 96 cases , up 5.5% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 32.6% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -41.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 3,846 (≈ 103.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -28.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Little London & Woodhouse ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Shopping Area, with 543 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Parking Area (187 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.