Total Crime Rate

73.5 per 1,000 6/10 · Typical

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 73.5 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 40.4 8/10
  • Other theft 18.4 9/10
  • Public order 7.4 6/10
  • Other crime 3.7 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.7 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Church Road area has the 27th lowest crime rate of 130 local areas in Armley , and the 1154th lowest crime rate of 2,526 local areas in Leeds .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Church Road (LS12 1TZ) in the last 12 months was 73.5 per 1,000 residents and was 64.5% 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 47.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -23.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -50.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Church Road (LS12 1TZ), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Church Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Carr Crofts Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Branch Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Laurel Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Branch Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Gelder Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Gelder Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cedar Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Hawkhurst Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Hawkhurst Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Branch Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Laurel Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Crab Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Hawkhurst Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Crab Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Crab Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Crab Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Laurel Fold Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences School Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences School Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Cedar Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Cedar Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Eyres Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Esmond Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Cedar Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Nancroft Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Cedar Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Nancroft Mount Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Nancroft Mount Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Nancroft Mount Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Esmond Terrace Under investigation

Data Sources

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