Crime Rates at Oak Road, Armley, Leeds, LS12 2HJ

Oak Road area has the 40th highest crime rate of 130 local areas in Armley , and the 464th 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 190.8 per 1,000 residents and was 7.8% 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 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 133.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -83.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 28 (≈ 98.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -24.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Oak Road (LS12 2HJ), the main crime hotspot is near Prison. Police recorded 132 crimes here, including 95 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.