Crime Rates at Market Place, Wetherby, LS22 6NE

Market Place 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 Market Place (LS22 6NE) 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 Market Place (LS22 6NE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 116 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near St James'S Street (23 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.