Total Crime Rate

354.6 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 354.6 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 160.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 39.4 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 36.4 10/10
  • Public order 27.3 10/10
  • Other theft 24.2 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 18.2 10/10
  • Burglary 15.2 10/10
  • Other crime 15.2 10/10
  • Drugs 6.1 6/10
  • Robbery 6.1 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.0 4/10
  • Theft from the person 3.0 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Farrow Bank area has the 16th highest crime rate of 130 local areas in Armley , and the 142nd 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 Farrow Bank (LS12 3TA) in the last 12 months was 354.6 per 1,000 residents and was 71.4% higher 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 53 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 500.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 65 (≈ 197.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 22.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -49.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Farrow Bank (LS12 3TA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Farrow Bank, where police recorded 53 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Farrow Hill (29 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Farrow Bank area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Farrow Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Farrow Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Heights Bank Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Heights Bank Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Heights Bank Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Heights Parade Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Farrow Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Farrow Hill Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Farrow Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime St James'S Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Heights Bank Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St James'S Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Heights Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Heights Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Heights Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Heights Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Heights Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Farrow Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Heights Bank Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Heights Bank Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Farrow Vale Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Farrow Bank Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Farrow Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Farrow Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St James Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Farnley Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lakeside Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Robbery Pipe And Nook Lane Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order Farrow Vale Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Farrow Bank Under investigation

Data Sources

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