Crime Rate in Weetwood, ward

Weetwood has the 4th lowest crime rate of 33 wards in Leeds district and the 3729th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (Yorkshire and The Humber), it has the 145th lowest crime rate of 410 wards.

The overall crime rate in Weetwood in the last 12 months was 65.0 per 1,000 residents and was 51.3% lower than the Leeds district average (133.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Weetwood’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 662 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 5 cases , down -28.6% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -46.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 824 (≈ 34.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 4.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -38.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Weetwood ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Shopping Area, with 52 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Ireland Crescent (39 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.