Total Crime Rate
112.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
64.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Oldfield Street area has the 48th lowest crime rate of 129 local areas in Armley , and the 912th highest crime rate of 2,526 local areas in Leeds .
The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.
The overall crime rate in the area around Oldfield Street (LS12 4EF) in the last 12 months was 112.6 per 1,000 residents and was 46.0% lower 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -18.8% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 64.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -44.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Oldfield Street (LS12 4EF), the main crime hotspot is near Cheltenham Street. Police recorded 55 crimes here, including 41 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Leeds| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Southfield Mount | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Percy Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fearnley Place | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Fearnley Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cheltenham Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cheltenham Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cheltenham Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cheltenham Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cheltenham Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cheltenham Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cheltenham Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Waveney Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Barnet Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Toft Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Highfield Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Highfield Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Highfield Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Butts Mount | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Colmore Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Masham Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Masham Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Masham Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Southfield Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Further/Higher Educational Building | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Southfield Mount | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Southfield Mount | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Southfield Mount | Under investigation |
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