Total Crime Rate
204.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Nancroft Crescent area has the 34th highest crime rate of 130 local areas in Armley , and the 415th 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 Nancroft Crescent (LS12 2DH) in the last 12 months was 204.7 per 1,000 residents and was 1.1% 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 Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 600.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -80.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 52 (≈ 134.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 8.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 79.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Nancroft Crescent (LS12 2DH), 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 | Public order | Mickley Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Stocks Hill | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Stocks Hill | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Beech Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Beech Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cecil Mount | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | School Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stocks Hill | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | School Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | The Gang | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Branch Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Laurel Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Laurel Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Truro Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Laurel Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Laurel Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Branch Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Branch Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | School Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Crab Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Crab Lane | Under investigation |
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