Crime Rate in Weetwood, ward

Weetwood has the 5th lowest crime rate of 33 wards in Leeds district and the 3626th highest crime rate ward of 7,541 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (Yorkshire and The Humber), it has the 148th lowest crime rate of 410 wards.

The overall crime rate in Weetwood in the last 12 months was 64.6 per 1,000 residents and was 50.6% lower than the Leeds district average (130.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Weetwood’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 668 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 7 cases , up 40.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 77.8% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -18.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 832 (≈ 34.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -64.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Weetwood ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Shopping Area, with 72 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Ireland Crescent (43 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.