Total Crime Rate
367.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
236.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Wellstone Rise area has the 4th highest crime rate of 76 local areas in Pudsey , and the 134th highest crime rate of 2,526 local areas in Leeds .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Wellstone Rise (LS13 4ED) in the last 12 months was 367.5 per 1,000 residents and was 273.7% higher than the Pudsey average (98.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 70 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 90 (≈ 236.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 10.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Wellstone Rise (LS13 4ED), the main crime hotspot is near Wellstone Road. Police recorded 87 crimes here, including 69 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Harley Rise | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Wellstone Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wellstone Rise | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wellstone Rise | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Wellstone Rise | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wellstone Rise | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wellstone Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Wellstone Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wellstone Green | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wellstone Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Wellstone Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Rycroft Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rycroft Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rycroft Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rycroft Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rycroft Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Rycroft Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Spring Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wellstone Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wellstone Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Harley Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harley Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harley Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Swinnow Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Swinnow Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Wellstone Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hough Top | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Rycroft Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Wellstone Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Wellstone Road | Under investigation |
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