Total Crime Rate
351.0 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Aberfield Crest area has the highest crime rate of 19 local areas in Middleton Park , and the 145th 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 Aberfield Crest (LS10 3PW) in the last 12 months was 351.0 per 1,000 residents and was 171.5% higher than the Middleton Park average (129.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 34 offences recorded. The least common crime was Shoplifting with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -37.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 44 (β 211.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 15.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 7.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Aberfield Crest (LS10 3PW), the main crime hotspot is near Broom Road. Police recorded 44 crimes here, including 23 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Middleton Park| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Newhall Gate | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nesfield Walk | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Nesfield Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Broom Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Broom Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Broom Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Broom Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Broom Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Broom Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Broom Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Nesfield Garth | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Aberfield Road | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Aberfield Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Broom Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Broom Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Broom Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Broom Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Broom Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Aberfield Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Broom Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Broom Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Broom Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Broom Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Aberfield Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Broom Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Aberfield Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ring Road Middleton | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Elmton Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Elmton Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Aberfield Rise | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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