Total Crime Rate

85.2 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 85.2 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 77.8 9/10
  • Drugs 3.7 4/10
  • Other theft 3.7 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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 · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Cow Close Road area has the 48th highest crime rate of 122 local areas in Morley North , and the 1219th 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 Cow Close Road (LS12 5PD) in the last 12 months was 85.2 per 1,000 residents and was 5.1% higher than the Morley North average (81.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 5.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 77.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 156.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cow Close Road (LS12 5PD), the main crime hotspot is near Wilfrid Terrace. Police recorded 38 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 Cow Close Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wilfrid Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fawcett Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Pinder Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Pinder Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Whincover Bank Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cobden Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cobden Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Blackpool Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Blackpool Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Branch Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Whincover View Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fawcett Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Whincover Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wilfrid Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wilfrid Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wilfrid Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Whincover Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wheelwright Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wheelwright Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Pinder Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wheelwright Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Robbery Cobden Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Whincover Hill Awaiting court outcome

Data Sources

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