Total Crime Rate

118.5 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 118.5 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 62.7 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 13.9 6/10
  • Other crime 13.9 10/10
  • Public order 13.9 8/10
  • Burglary 3.5 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.5 3/10
  • Other theft 3.5 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.5 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Nursery Close area has the 10th highest crime rate of 50 local areas in Alwoodley , and the 905th 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 Nursery Close (LS17 7EB) in the last 12 months was 118.5 per 1,000 residents and was 89.4% higher than the Alwoodley average (62.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 125.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 76.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 83.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -54.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Nursery Close (LS17 7EB), the main crime hotspot is near Lingfield Drive. Police recorded 21 crimes here, including 17 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Nursery Close area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (10/10)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hawks Nest Gardens South Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fir Tree Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Nursery Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Nursery Close —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Church Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fir Tree Rise Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fir Tree Rise Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Primley Gardens —
Sep 2025Other crime Fir Tree Rise Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lingfield Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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