Total Crime Rate

204.7 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 204.7 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 106.2 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 18.1 7/10
  • Public order 18.1 9/10
  • Burglary 10.4 9/10
  • Other theft 10.4 8/10
  • Shoplifting 10.4 5/10
  • Robbery 7.8 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.8 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.2 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.6 2/10
  • Drugs 2.6 1/10
  • Other crime 2.6 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.6 2/10
  • 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

Nancroft 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.

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Crime Over Time in Nancroft Crescent area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Mickley Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Stocks Hill Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Stocks Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beech Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beech Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cecil Mount Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime School Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stocks Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences School Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime The Gang Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Branch Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Laurel Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Laurel Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Truro Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Laurel Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Laurel Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Branch Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Branch Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences School Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Crab Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Crab Lane Under investigation

Data Sources

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