Total Crime Rate

530.4 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

163.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 530.4 10/10
  • Shoplifting 248.6 10/10
  • Violent crimes 163.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 80.1 9/10
  • Robbery 47.0 10/10
  • Public order 24.9 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 22.1 9/10
  • Drugs 22.1 10/10
  • Other theft 19.3 9/10
  • Other crime 13.8 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 13.8 9/10
  • Burglary 11.1 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 11.1 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.3 5/10
  • Theft from the person 5.5 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.8 3/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Stanningley Road area has the 4th highest crime rate of 129 local areas in Armley , and the 67th 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 Stanningley Road (LS12 2AE) in the last 12 months was 530.4 per 1,000 residents and was 154.3% higher than the Armley average (208.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 90 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 183.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 59 (≈ 163.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -8.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Stanningley Road (LS12 2AE), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Stanningley Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/89)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences The Gang Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Beech Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Aviary Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Aviary Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Beech Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Beech Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Beech Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Beech Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Beech Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Beech Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Beech Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Beech Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Beech Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Robbery Beech Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Aviary Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Robbery Beech Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Beech Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rombalds Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Rombalds Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Rombalds Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Aviary Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Cedar Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft The Gang Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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