Total Crime Rate
155.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Athlone Grove area has the 55th highest crime rate of 130 local areas in Armley , and the 636th highest crime rate of 2,526 local areas in Leeds .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Athlone Grove (LS12 1SY) in the last 12 months was 155.5 per 1,000 residents and was 24.8% lower than the Armley average (206.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 41 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 105.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 45 (≈ 97.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 73.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -70.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Athlone Grove (LS12 1SY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 115 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near The Gang (62 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Armley| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Thornhill Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Branch Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Stocks Hill | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stocks Hill | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | School Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | School Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | School Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Laurel Fold | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Crab Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Crab Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Crab Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Crab Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Branch Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Beech Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Branch Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Laurel Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Laurel Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Laurel Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Laurel Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Laurel Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Brentwood Terrace | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Hall Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Athlone Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Eyres Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Stocks Hill | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Back Colton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Cedar Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Beech Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | The Gang | — |
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