Crime Rates at Town Street, Leeds, LS12 1UX

Town Street 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 Town Street (LS12 1UX) 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 Town Street (LS12 1UX), 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.