Total Crime Rate
182.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Hereford Street 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 Hereford Street (LS12 2NH) 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 Hereford Street (LS12 2NH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 115 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near The Gang (62 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Armley| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Stocks Hill | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Fielding Gate | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Pickering Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Theatre/Concert Hall | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Fielding Gate | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Eyres Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Mistress Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Arksey Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Arksey Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Nancroft Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cecil Mount | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Nancroft Mount | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stocks Hill | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Beech Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Nancroft Mount | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | The Gang | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | The Gang | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | The Gang | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | The Gang | Under investigation |
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