Total Crime Rate
115.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
80.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Wensleydale Mews area has the 52nd lowest crime rate of 129 local areas in Armley , and the 896th 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 Wensleydale Mews (LS12 2HT) in the last 12 months was 115.0 per 1,000 residents and was 44.9% 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 28 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -40.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 32 (≈ 80.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -60.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Wensleydale Mews (LS12 2HT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Houghley Avenue, where police recorded 34 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Wyther Park Road (27 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Leeds| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Roxburgh Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Wensleydale Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Wensleydale Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Houghley Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wensleydale Rise | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wensleydale Rise | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hall Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Houghley Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cockshott Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Boston Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Wyther Park Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wyther Park Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wharfedale Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Abbey Mount | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Borrowdale Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Borrowdale Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Borrowdale Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Abbey Mount | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Abbey Mount | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Abbey Mount | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Abbey Mount | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Roxburgh Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wensleydale Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wyther Park Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wensleydale Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Coverdale Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Coverdale Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Coverdale Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Coverdale Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Coverdale Close | Under investigation |
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