Total Crime Rate

89.5 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 89.5 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 47.4 8/10
  • Other theft 13.2 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 7.9 4/10
  • Other crime 5.3 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.3 8/10
  • Public order 5.3 5/10
  • Theft from the person 2.6 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.6 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Poets Place area has the 28th highest crime rate of 76 local areas in Horsforth , and the 1178th 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 Poets Place (LS18 5AJ) in the last 12 months was 89.5 per 1,000 residents and was 26.3% higher than the Horsforth average (70.8 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 Theft from the person with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 57.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 37.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -63.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Poets Place (LS18 5AJ), the main crime hotspot is near Woodland Croft. Police recorded 24 crimes here, including 16 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Poets Place area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (10/10)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Far Reef Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Poet'S Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Hopwood Bank Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fairfield Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Lister Hill Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Ash Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Gables Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ash Grove —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Gables Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Chaddlewood Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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