Total Crime Rate
210.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
81.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Highfield Road area has the 39th highest crime rate of 129 local areas in Armley , and the 397th highest crime rate of 2,526 local areas in Leeds .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Highfield Road (LS13 2BX) in the last 12 months was 210.2 per 1,000 residents and was 0.8% 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 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 81.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 4.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -39.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Highfield Road (LS13 2BX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 73 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Snowden Approach (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Leeds| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Aston Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | South End Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lower Town Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Eightlands Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eightlands Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | South End Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Highfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Snowden Royd | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Highfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | South End Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Lower Town Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | South End Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | South End Terrace | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rossefield Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Snowden Approach | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Aston Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Aston Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Aston Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | The Elms | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Raynville Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Raynville Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Raynville Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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