Total Crime Rate

232.9 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 232.9 10/10
  • Shoplifting 164.4 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 44.5 8/10
  • Public order 10.3 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.9 5/10
  • Burglary 3.4 3/10
  • Robbery 3.4 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Rillsmead area has the 4th highest crime rate of 71 local areas in Otley & Yeadon , and the 321st 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 Rillsmead (LS21 3JD) in the last 12 months was 232.9 per 1,000 residents and was 186.0% higher than the Otley & Yeadon average (81.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 48 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 58.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 21.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 87.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Rillsmead (LS21 3JD), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Rillsmead area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (14/14)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Station Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Johnny Lane —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Station Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Station Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Mercury Row Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Mercury Row Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bondgate Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kirkgate Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Station Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Johnny Lane —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Station Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Whiteley Croft Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Whiteley Croft Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Whiteley Croft Under investigation
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Data Sources

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