Total Crime Rate
316.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Shaw Lane Gardens area has the 6th highest crime rate of 109 local areas in Guiseley & Rawdon , and the 178th 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 Shaw Lane Gardens (LS20 9JQ) in the last 12 months was 316.6 per 1,000 residents and was 296.1% higher than the Guiseley & Rawdon average (79.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 87 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 190.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 92 (≈ 288.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 178.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 64.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Shaw Lane Gardens (LS20 9JQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near St Oswalds Walk, where police recorded 16 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Spenser Road (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Guiseley & Rawdon| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Spenser Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Bacon Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Shaw Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shaw Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | St Oswalds Walk | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Oswalds Walk | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Howson Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Howson Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shaw Lane | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Tennyson Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Bacon Street | Under investigation |
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