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

Hereford 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.

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Crime Over Time in Hereford Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Stocks Hill Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Fielding Gate Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Pickering Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Theatre/Concert Hall
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sports/Recreation Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Fielding Gate Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Eyres Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Mistress Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Arksey Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Arksey Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Nancroft Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cecil Mount Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Nancroft Mount Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stocks Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Beech Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Nancroft Mount Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime The Gang Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour The Gang
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Gang Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Gang Under investigation

Data Sources

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