Total Crime Rate
376.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Old Lane area has the 5th highest crime rate of 27 local areas in Beeston & Holbeck , and the 127th 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 Old Lane (LS11 7AB) in the last 12 months was 376.6 per 1,000 residents and was 117.6% higher than the Beeston & Holbeck average (173.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 51 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -82.1% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 64 (≈ 207.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -22.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -40.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Old Lane (LS11 7AB), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 50 crimes here, including 24 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Beeston & Holbeck| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Cross Flatts Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Grovehall Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Oakhurst Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Oakhurst Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Grovehall Parade | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Old Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Moorhouse Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Waincliffe Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Back Cross Flatts Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Moorhouse Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cross Flatts Row | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Moorhouse Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cross Flatts Row | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cross Flatts Row | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Back Cross Flatts Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Supermarket | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Wooler Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Durban Avenue | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Durban Avenue | Under investigation |
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