Total Crime Rate
55.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Falcon Close area has the 32nd highest crime rate of 71 local areas in Otley & Yeadon , and the 885th lowest crime rate of 2,526 local areas in Leeds .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Falcon Close (LS21 3EG) in the last 12 months was 55.1 per 1,000 residents and was 32.3% lower than the Otley & Yeadon average (81.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -16.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 27.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 16.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Falcon Close (LS21 3EG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Station Road, where police recorded 62 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Kirkgate (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Otley & Yeadon| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Mercury Row | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Station Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Beech Hill | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Whiteley Croft | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Whiteley Croft | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Whiteley Croft | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kirkgate | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Station Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Station Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Station Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Station Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Mercury Row | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Jennetts Crescent | Under investigation |
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