Total Crime Rate

118.4 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

52.6 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 118.4 8/10
  • Violent crimes 52.6 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 48.3 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 30.7 9/10
  • Burglary 13.2 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.2 8/10
  • Other crime 4.4 6/10
  • Other theft 4.4 4/10
  • Public order 4.4 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Northfields area has the 7th highest crime rate of 23 local areas in Wetherby , and the 873rd highest 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 Northfields (LS23 7BE) in the last 12 months was 118.4 per 1,000 residents and was 77.9% higher than the Wetherby average (66.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 600.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 52.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 9.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -22.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Northfields (LS23 7BE), the main crime hotspot is near Rudgate Green. Police recorded 225 crimes here, including 150 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Northfields area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rudgate Green Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rudgate Green Action to be taken by another organisation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Rudgate Green
Apr 2026Burglary Rudgate Green Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Rudgate Green Action to be taken by another organisation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Rudgate Green Action to be taken by another organisation
Apr 2026Drugs Rudgate Green Local resolution
Apr 2026Public order Rudgate Green Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Rudgate Green Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rudgate Green Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rudgate Green Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rudgate Green Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rudgate Green Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rudgate Green Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rudgate Green Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rudgate Green Action to be taken by another organisation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rudgate Green Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rudgate Green Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Rudgate Green Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Rudgate Green Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Woodland Croft
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Woodland Croft
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Woodland Croft

Data Sources

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