Total Crime Rate
238.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
165.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Bawn Drive area has the 32nd highest crime rate of 129 local areas in Armley , and the 319th 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 Bawn Drive (LS12 5QH) in the last 12 months was 238.5 per 1,000 residents and was 14.3% higher 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 37 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 43 (≈ 165.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 13.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -64.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bawn Drive (LS12 5QH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Stonebridge Approach, where police recorded 231 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bawn Drive (38 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Leeds| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cross Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nutting Grove Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Stonebridge Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Stonebridge Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stonebridge Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stonebridge Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Stonecliffe Mount | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stonebridge Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Butterbowl Garth | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Butterbowl Lawn | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Butterbowl Lawn | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bawn Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bawn Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bawn Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bawn Approach | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bawn Approach | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nutting Grove Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Butterbowl Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stonebridge Approach | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Stonebridge Approach | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Butterbowl Mount | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Stonebridge Approach | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Whincover Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whincover Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Stonecliffe Garth | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Stonebridge Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Butterbowl Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nutting Grove Terrace | Under investigation |
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