Total Crime Rate
484.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Blackmoor Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 50 local areas in Alwoodley , and the 79th 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 Blackmoor Road (LS17 5EE) in the last 12 months was 484.0 per 1,000 residents and was 673.9% higher than the Alwoodley average (62.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 60 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -80.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -80.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 45 (≈ 160.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -49.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Blackmoor Road (LS17 5EE), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 101 crimes here, including 24 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Alwoodley| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Alderton Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Tynwald Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Saxon Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Saxon Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tynwald Mount | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Tynwald Mount | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Tynwald Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Alderton Bank | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tynwald Green | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cranmer Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Alderton Bank | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tynwald Walk | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Alderton Rise | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Alderton Place | Under investigation |
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