Total Crime Rate

182.6 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 182.6 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 83.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 20.8 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 20.8 9/10
  • Drugs 20.8 10/10
  • Public order 12.5 8/10
  • Burglary 8.3 8/10
  • Other theft 8.3 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.3 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • 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

Ledgard Way area has the 43rd highest crime rate of 130 local areas in Armley , and the 498th 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 Ledgard Way (LS12 2ND) in the last 12 months was 182.6 per 1,000 residents and was 11.8% 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 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 95.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -51.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -15.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ledgard Way (LS12 2ND), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Stocks Hill, where police recorded 34 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Fielding Gate (23 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Ledgard Way area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Aviary Row Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rombalds Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Arley Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Laurel Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Laurel Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Branch Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Branch Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Branch Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cecil Mount Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Salisbury Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beech Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Pickering Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Stocks Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Stocks Hill Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stocks Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Arley Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Salisbury View Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Crab Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Crab Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Crab Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Crab Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Arley Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beech Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Theatre/Concert Hall
Sep 2025Public order Aviary Mount Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sports/Recreation Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ely Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Armley Park Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Ely Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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