Total Crime Rate
114.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
55.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Wesley Road area has the 51st lowest crime rate of 129 local areas in Armley , and the 901st 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 Wesley Road (LS12 1UN) in the last 12 months was 114.0 per 1,000 residents and was 45.4% lower than the Armley average (208.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 55.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 36.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -70.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Wesley Road (LS12 1UN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 131 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near The Gang (55 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Leeds| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Cricketers Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Beech Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cedar Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cedar Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Cedar Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Colton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Colton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Shoreham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Salisbury Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brooklyn Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Beech Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Beech Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cedar Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Beech Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Beech Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Beech Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Beech Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Beech Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Beech Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Beech Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Beech Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Beech Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nancroft Mount | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cedar Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Cedar Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brooklyn Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
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