Total Crime Rate

137.8 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 137.8 9/10
  • Shoplifting 45.9 8/10
  • Burglary 30.6 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 25.5 6/10
  • Other theft 10.2 8/10
  • Robbery 10.2 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 5.1 3/10
  • Other crime 5.1 7/10
  • Public order 5.1 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Kirkwood Drive area has the 15th highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Weetwood , and the 744th 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 Kirkwood Drive (LS16 7DY) in the last 12 months was 137.8 per 1,000 residents and was 112.0% higher than the Weetwood average (65.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 350.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 40.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 60.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 196.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Kirkwood Drive (LS16 7DY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Green Lane, where police recorded 16 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Kirkwood Gardens (4 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Kirkwood Drive area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (3/3)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Moseley Wood Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Moseley Wood Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Barnswick View Under investigation
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Data Sources

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