Total Crime Rate
227.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
121.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Poole Square area has the 17th highest crime rate of 60 local areas in Killingbeck & Seacroft , and the 351st 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 Poole Square (LS15 7HF) in the last 12 months was 227.2 per 1,000 residents and was 30.8% higher than the Killingbeck & Seacroft average (173.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 39 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 44 (≈ 121.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -2.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Poole Square (LS15 7HF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Maryfield Crescent, where police recorded 60 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Poole Square (21 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 | Morritt Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Poole Square | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Poole Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Morritt Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Orchard Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Morritt Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Morritt Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Morritt Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Poole Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Poole Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hermon Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Hermon Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Maryfield Crescent | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Primrose Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Cross Green Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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