Total Crime Rate

224.6 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

153.9 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 224.6 10/10
  • Violent crimes 153.9 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 138.5 10/10
  • Burglary 27.7 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 18.5 9/10
  • Public order 12.3 8/10
  • Other crime 9.2 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.2 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.1 1/10
  • Drugs 3.1 3/10
  • Other theft 3.1 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.1 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Wyther Park Avenue area has the 36th highest crime rate of 129 local areas in Armley , and the 366th highest crime rate of 2,526 local areas in Leeds .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Wyther Park Avenue (LS12 2RT) in the last 12 months was 224.6 per 1,000 residents and was 7.7% 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 45 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 50 (≈ 153.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -68.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wyther Park Avenue (LS12 2RT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Wyther Park Close, where police recorded 33 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 Wyther Park Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cockshott Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Borrowdale Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Wyther Park Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Roxburgh Mews Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Roxburgh Mews Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wyther Park Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wyther Park Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wensleydale Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wensleydale Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Borrowdale Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Borrowdale Crescent
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wensleydale Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Wharfedale Close
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wyther Park Mount Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wyther Park Mount Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Wensleydale Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Wensleydale Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Gotts Park Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Gotts Park Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wensleydale Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Paxton Court
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Paxton Court
Apr 2026Drugs Wensleydale Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Armley Grange Crescent
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wyther Park Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Coverdale Close
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Coverdale Close
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Coverdale Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Coverdale Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Coverdale Close Under investigation

Data Sources

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