Total Crime Rate

384.9 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 384.9 10/10
  • Shoplifting 135.9 9/10
  • Other theft 64.2 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 49.1 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 26.4 8/10
  • Other crime 22.6 10/10
  • Public order 22.6 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 15.1 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.3 7/10
  • Drugs 11.3 9/10
  • Robbery 11.3 9/10
  • Burglary 7.6 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 7.6 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Cottingley Drive area has the 4th highest crime rate of 27 local areas in Beeston & Holbeck , and the 122nd highest crime rate of 2,526 local areas in Leeds .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Cottingley Drive (LS11 0JG) in the last 12 months was 384.9 per 1,000 residents and was 122.3% higher than the Beeston & Holbeck average (173.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 36 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -62.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 90.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -42.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -2.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cottingley Drive (LS11 0JG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 82 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cottingley Vale (51 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Cottingley Drive area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Elland Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dulverton Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cottingley Vale
Sep 2025Burglary Cottingley Vale Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cottingley Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cottingley Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cottingley Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cottingley Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cottingley Vale Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cottingley Vale Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cottingley Vale Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cottingley Vale Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cottingley Vale Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Elland Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Dulverton Close
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cottingley Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Beechcroft View Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Elland Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Elland Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Elland Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cottingley Approach Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Millshaw Park Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Cottingley Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Elland Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dulverton Close Under investigation

Data Sources

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