Total Crime Rate
425.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
230.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Old Lane area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 27 local areas in Beeston & Holbeck , and the 99th 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 8AA) in the last 12 months was 425.3 per 1,000 residents and was 144.2% higher than the Beeston & Holbeck average (174.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 52 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 71 (≈ 230.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 34.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -68.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Old Lane (LS11 8AA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 58 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Wesley Approach (31 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Leeds| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wesley Approach | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Back Cross Flatts Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Durban Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Durban Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Wooler Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Back Cross Flatts Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Cross Flatts Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Jessamine Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Moorhouse Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Grovehall Parade | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Cross Flatts Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cross Flatts Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cross Flatts Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oakhurst Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wooler Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Moorhouse Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Durban Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Moorhouse Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Moorhouse Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Moorhouse Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Moorhouse Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Grovehall Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Moorhouse Avenue | Under investigation |
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