Total Crime Rate

283.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 283.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 91.6 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 45.8 10/10
  • Public order 45.8 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 27.0 8/10
  • Shoplifting 24.3 7/10
  • Drugs 13.5 9/10
  • Other crime 8.1 9/10
  • Other theft 8.1 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 8.1 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.7 2/10
  • Burglary 2.7 2/10
  • Theft from the person 2.7 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.7 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Town Street area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 19 local areas in Middleton Park , and the 209th highest crime rate of 2,526 local areas in Leeds .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Town Street (LS10 3NG) in the last 12 months was 283.0 per 1,000 residents and was 118.9% higher than the Middleton Park average (129.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 34 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 800.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 54 (≈ 145.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 10.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 36.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Town Street (LS10 3NG), the main crime hotspot is near Petrol Station. Police recorded 159 crimes here, including 64 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Town Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dolphin Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson St Georges Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Aberfield Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Holme Well Road
Sep 2025Burglary Sanderling Garth Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sanderling Garth Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Dolphin Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Newhall Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dolphin Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dolphin Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lanshaw Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lanshaw Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lanshaw Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Dolphin Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Newhall Garth Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Lanshaw Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Newhall Garth Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Lanshaw Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lanshaw Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dolphin Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lanshaw Close Under investigation

Data Sources

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