Total Crime Rate

215.4 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 215.4 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 93.8 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 36.3 10/10
  • Other theft 14.9 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 12.8 6/10
  • Burglary 12.8 9/10
  • Public order 12.8 8/10
  • Drugs 8.5 8/10
  • Other crime 8.5 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.5 7/10
  • Robbery 4.3 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.1 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • 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

Moresdale Lane area has the 23rd highest crime rate of 60 local areas in Killingbeck & Seacroft , and the 373rd 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 Moresdale Lane (LS14 6TD) in the last 12 months was 215.4 per 1,000 residents and was 17.5% higher than the Killingbeck & Seacroft average (183.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 44 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -53.8% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 53 (≈ 113.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 8.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -36.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Moresdale Lane (LS14 6TD), the main crime hotspot is near Borrowdale Terrace. Police recorded 82 crimes here, including 55 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Moresdale Lane area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tarnside Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Phoenix Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences South Parkway Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences South Parkway Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Phoenix Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Phoenix Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Phoenix Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Phoenix Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Somerville View Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ironwood Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Somerville View Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Borrowdale Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Borrowdale Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Borrowdale Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Borrowdale Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Somerville Mount
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Foundry Mill Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ironwood Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Foundry Mill View Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Ironwood Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mardale Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Somerville View Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tarnside Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tarnside Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ironwood Approach Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Tarnside Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Ironwood Approach Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mardale Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ironwood Approach Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Skelwith Approach Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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