Total Crime Rate
18.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Whitham Close area has the 25th lowest crime rate of 113 local areas in Harewood , and the 181st lowest crime rate of 2,526 local areas in Leeds .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Whitham Close (LS23 6DU) in the last 12 months was 18.3 per 1,000 residents and was 57.6% lower than the Harewood average (43.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 13.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 150.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -85.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Whitham Close (LS23 6DU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Church Mews, where police recorded 7 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Church Fields Close (4 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
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