Total Crime Rate

203.9 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 203.9 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 92.2 10/10
  • Burglary 16.8 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 16.8 9/10
  • Drugs 16.8 9/10
  • Public order 16.8 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 16.8 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.4 5/10
  • Other theft 8.4 7/10
  • Other crime 5.6 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.6 8/10
  • 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 · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Edinburgh Place area has the 35th highest crime rate of 130 local areas in Armley , and the 418th 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 Edinburgh Place (LS12 3RQ) in the last 12 months was 203.9 per 1,000 residents and was 1.4% 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 33 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 2 cases , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 500.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 41 (≈ 114.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 13.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 27.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Edinburgh Place (LS12 3RQ), the main crime hotspot is near Town Street. Police recorded 51 crimes here, including 28 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Edinburgh Place area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Greenock Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Conference Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Alliance Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Oban Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Armley Ridge Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Thornton Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Thornton Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Claremont Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Christ Church Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Moorfield Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Highthorne Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Moorfield Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Conference Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Aberdeen Walk Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Town Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Town Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Conference Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Little Moor Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Conference Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Conference Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Conference Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Claremont Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Barden Mount Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Back Saint Ives Mount Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Back Saint Ives Mount Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Back Saint Ives Mount Under investigation

Data Sources

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