Total Crime Rate
619.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Westgate Court area has the highest crime rate of 23 local areas in Wetherby , and the 54th 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 Westgate Court (LS22 6AG) in the last 12 months was 619.9 per 1,000 residents and was 739.0% higher than the Wetherby average (73.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 106 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 55 (≈ 171.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -9.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -29.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Westgate Court (LS22 6AG), the main crime hotspot is near St James'S Street. Police recorded 25 crimes here, including 23 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Wetherby| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St James'S Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bank Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hudson Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St James'S Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | High Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St James'S Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St James'S Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Wetherby Bus Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Barleyfields Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St James'S Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Cooper Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St James'S Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St James'S Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St James'S Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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