Total Crime Rate

183.8 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

84.8 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 183.8 9/10
  • Violent crimes 84.8 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 74.2 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 24.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 21.2 8/10
  • Burglary 21.2 10/10
  • Drugs 10.6 8/10
  • Other theft 10.6 8/10
  • Robbery 7.1 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.5 5/10
  • Other crime 3.5 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.5 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.5 3/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
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

Oak Road area has the 49th highest crime rate of 129 local areas in Armley , and the 488th 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 Oak Road (LS12 2HJ) in the last 12 months was 183.8 per 1,000 residents and was 11.9% 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 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 84.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -44.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Oak Road (LS12 2HJ), the main crime hotspot is near Prison. Police recorded 201 crimes here, including 151 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Oak Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/53)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Burglary Second Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Prison Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Copley Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Copley Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Copley Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Copley Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Copley Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Copley Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Castleton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hedley Green Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Robbery Herbalist Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Prison Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Prison Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Driver Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Prison Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Prison Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Prison Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Prison Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Prison Action to be taken by another organisation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Prison Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Prison Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Prison Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Prison Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Prison Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Holdforth Green Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Driver Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Prison Action to be taken by another organisation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Clyde View Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Holdforth Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Holdforth Gardens Under investigation
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Data Sources

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