Total Crime Rate
128.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
83.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Fir Tree Grove area has the 9th highest crime rate of 48 local areas in Alwoodley , and the 797th 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 Fir Tree Grove (LS17 7ES) in the last 12 months was 128.9 per 1,000 residents and was 120.2% higher than the Alwoodley average (58.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 83.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -68.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Fir Tree Grove (LS17 7ES), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Nursery Lane, where police recorded 31 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Lingfield Drive (17 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 | Lingfield Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Nursery Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Fir Tree Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Fir Tree Rise | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fir Tree Rise | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fir Tree Rise | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lingfield Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Nursery Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nursery Close | — |
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