Total Crime Rate
234.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
170.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cockshott Lane area has the 33rd highest crime rate of 129 local areas in Armley , and the 330th highest crime rate of 2,526 local areas in Leeds .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Cockshott Lane (LS12 2RG) in the last 12 months was 234.2 per 1,000 residents and was 12.3% higher 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 71 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -20.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 81 (≈ 170.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 8.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -42.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cockshott Lane (LS12 2RG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near A647, where police recorded 35 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 Armley| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Borrowdale Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wensleydale Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Borrowdale Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Borrowdale Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wyther Park Mount | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wyther Park Mount | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cockshott Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wensleydale Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gotts Park Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gotts Park Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wensleydale Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Wensleydale Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wyther Park Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wyther Park Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Wyther Park Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wensleydale Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Wensleydale Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wensleydale Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Armley Grange Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wyther Park Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wensleydale Rise | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wensleydale Rise | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Armley Grange Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Wensleydale Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wharfedale Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wyther Park Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Wensleydale Crescent | Under investigation |
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