Total Crime Rate

115.0 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

80.0 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 115.0 8/10
  • Violent crimes 80.0 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 70.0 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 12.5 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.5 6/10
  • Public order 7.5 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.0 5/10
  • Burglary 2.5 1/10
  • Drugs 2.5 1/10
  • Other crime 2.5 2/10
  • Other theft 2.5 1/10
  • Robbery 2.5 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Borrowdale Crescent 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 Borrowdale Crescent (LS12 2JB) 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 Borrowdale Crescent (LS12 2JB), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Borrowdale Crescent area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Drugs Houghley Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wensleydale Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Houghley Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wyther Park Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wyther Park Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Wensleydale Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Abbey Mount Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Houghley Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Houghley Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hall Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Wensleydale Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wensleydale Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Houghley Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wensleydale Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wyther Park Mount Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wyther Park Mount Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Roxburgh Mews Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Roxburgh Mews Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Houghley Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Wyther Park Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Wharfedale Close
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Borrowdale Crescent
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Borrowdale Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Borrowdale Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wensleydale Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Kirkstall Mount Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wensleydale Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Abbey Mount Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Abbey Mount Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wyther Park Place Under investigation

Data Sources

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