Total Crime Rate
64.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
37.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hales Road area has the 60th lowest crime rate of 122 local areas in Morley North , and the 1048th lowest crime rate of 2,526 local areas in Leeds .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Hales Road (LS12 4PL) in the last 12 months was 64.2 per 1,000 residents and was 23.0% lower than the Morley North average (83.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 37.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 57.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -59.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hales Road (LS12 4PL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Kirkdale Drive, where police recorded 21 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near A6110 (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Leeds| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Fawcett Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Western Mount | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Royds Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Manor Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Green Top | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Western Mount | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Dixon Lane Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Western Mount | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Western Mount | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Western Mount | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Kirkdale Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Kirkdale Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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