Crime Rate in Moortown, ward

Moortown has the 8th lowest crime rate of 33 wards in Leeds district and the 3152nd highest crime rate ward of 7,541 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (Yorkshire and The Humber), it has the 174th lowest crime rate of 410 wards.

The overall crime rate in Moortown in the last 12 months was 71.3 per 1,000 residents and was 45.4% lower than the Leeds district average (130.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Moortown’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 682 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 11 cases , down -38.9% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 113.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -38.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 860 (≈ 34.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -58.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Moortown ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Kings Croft Gardens, with 97 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Allerton Grange Croft (24 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.