Total Crime Rate

83.3 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

63.5 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 83.3 7/10
  • Violent crimes 63.5 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 39.7 7/10
  • Public order 11.9 8/10
  • Burglary 7.9 8/10
  • Robbery 7.9 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.0 3/10
  • Drugs 4.0 5/10
  • Other theft 4.0 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.0 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Oldfield Lane area has the 37th lowest crime rate of 129 local areas in Armley , and the 1227th highest crime rate of 2,526 local areas in Leeds .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Oldfield Lane (LS12 4EX) in the last 12 months was 83.3 per 1,000 residents and was 60.1% 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 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 63.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -66.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Oldfield Lane (LS12 4EX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 21 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Kenilworth Road (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Oldfield Lane area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (12/12)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Burglary Toft Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Highfield Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Kenilworth Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Waveney Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Apr 2026Burglary Kenilworth Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Highfield Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Highfield Gardens —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Reyden Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Chestnut Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Chestnut Gardens Under investigation
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Data Sources

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