Crime Rate in Pudsey, ward

Pudsey has the 15th highest crime rate of 33 wards in Leeds district and the 1760th highest crime rate ward of 7,541 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (Yorkshire and The Humber), it has the 154th highest crime rate of 410 wards.

The overall crime rate in Pudsey in the last 12 months was 97.1 per 1,000 residents and was 26.0% lower than the Leeds district average (131.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Pudsey’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 1,114 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 13 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 15.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -17.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 1,354 (≈ 48.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -3.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -56.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Pudsey ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Shopping Area, with 362 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Wellstone Road (69 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.