Total Crime Rate
241.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
219.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Town Street area has the 9th highest crime rate of 109 local areas in Guiseley & Rawdon , and the 307th 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 Town Street (LS20 9DT) in the last 12 months was 241.4 per 1,000 residents and was 218.4% higher than the Guiseley & Rawdon average (75.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 67 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 70 (≈ 219.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -15.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 30.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Town Street (LS20 9DT), the main crime hotspot is near Town Gate Close. Police recorded 72 crimes here, including 69 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Leeds| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Town Gate Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Town Gate Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Moorland Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Town Gate Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Town Gate Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Town Gate Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Town Gate Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Town Gate Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Town Gate Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Town Gate Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Oaks | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | The Oaks | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Wells Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bingley Lands | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Oswalds Garth | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shaw Lane Gardens | — |
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