Total Crime Rate

251.4 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 251.4 10/10
  • Shoplifting 84.7 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 57.4 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 21.9 8/10
  • Other theft 21.9 10/10
  • Burglary 16.4 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 13.7 9/10
  • Public order 10.9 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.2 6/10
  • Robbery 5.5 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.7 2/10
  • Drugs 2.7 2/10
  • Other crime 2.7 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.7 3/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Swinnow Lane area has the 11th highest crime rate of 108 local areas in Bramley & Stanningley , and the 271st 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 Swinnow Lane (LS13 4TY) in the last 12 months was 251.4 per 1,000 residents and was 84.1% higher than the Bramley & Stanningley average (136.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 31 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 700.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 28 (≈ 76.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 12.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 5.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Swinnow Lane (LS13 4TY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Harley Close, where police recorded 110 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Newport Avenue (76 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Swinnow Lane area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (22/22)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Harley Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Newport Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Freemont Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Harley Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Robbery Harley Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Harley Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Vermont Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Harley Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Harley Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Harley Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Harley Close Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Swinnow Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Newport Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Harley Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Newport Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rycroft Towers Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rycroft Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Harley Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Rycroft Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Rycroft Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Harley Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Harley Close Under investigation
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Data Sources

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