Total Crime Rate
51.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
15.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Waterloo Lane area has the 26th lowest crime rate of 107 local areas in Bramley & Stanningley , and the 847th lowest crime rate of 2,526 local areas in Leeds .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Waterloo Lane (LS13 2JF) in the last 12 months was 51.8 per 1,000 residents and was 58.2% lower than the Bramley & Stanningley average (124.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other theft with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -20.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 15.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -72.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Waterloo Lane (LS13 2JF), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 95 crimes here, including 37 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Leeds| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Copper Beech Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Waterloo Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Waterloo Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Snowden Approach | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Landseer View | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Copper Beech Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Broad Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Copper Beech Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Landseer Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Copper Beech Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Copper Beech Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Copper Beech Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Landseer Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Catherine'S Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Landseer Green | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Back Westmoreland Mount | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Out Gang | Under investigation |
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