Total Crime Rate
337.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
168.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Roscoe Terrace area has the 17th highest crime rate of 129 local areas in Armley , and the 152nd highest crime rate of 2,526 local areas in Leeds .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Roscoe Terrace (LS12 3HL) in the last 12 months was 337.5 per 1,000 residents and was 61.8% 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 51 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 40.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 67 (≈ 168.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -51.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Roscoe Terrace (LS12 3HL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Pinfold Lane, where police recorded 50 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Town Street (25 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Leeds| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Burnsall Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Paisley Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Whingate Green | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Whingate Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Sir Karl Cohen Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Paisley Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Paisley Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sir Karl Cohen Square | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Whingate Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sir Karl Cohen Square | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Wortley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wortley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Paisley Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Paisley Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Paisley Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Mill Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Paisley Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Paisley Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Weavers Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Weavers Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oban Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Pinfold Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barden Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pinfold Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Town Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pinfold Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pinfold Lane | Under investigation |
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