Total Crime Rate

93.2 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 93.2 7/10
  • Shoplifting 30.1 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 21.9 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.2 4/10
  • Burglary 8.2 8/10
  • Other crime 8.2 9/10
  • Other theft 8.2 7/10
  • Drugs 2.7 2/10
  • Theft from the person 2.7 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.7 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Law Close area has the 10th highest crime rate of 23 local areas in Wetherby , and the 1134th highest crime rate of 2,526 local areas in Leeds .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Law Close (LS22 7FB) in the last 12 months was 93.2 per 1,000 residents and was 26.1% 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 21.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -2.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Law Close (LS22 7FB), the main crime hotspot is near Nursery Garth. Police recorded 12 crimes here, including 10 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Law Close area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (7/7)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nursery Garth Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Sandbeck Park Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Ashfield Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Templar Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Nursery Garth Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nursery Garth Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nursery Garth Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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