Crime Rate in Middleton Park, ward

Middleton Park has the 8th highest crime rate of 33 wards in Leeds district and the 763rd highest crime rate ward of 7,541 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (Yorkshire and The Humber), it has the 64th highest crime rate of 410 wards.

The overall crime rate in Middleton Park in the last 12 months was 137.0 per 1,000 residents and was 4.4% higher than the Leeds district average (131.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Middleton Park’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 1,888 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 16 cases , up 6.7% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 35.2% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -2.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 2,312 (≈ 75.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( -2.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -62.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Middleton Park ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Petrol Station. Police recorded 184 crimes here, including 62 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.