Total Crime Rate
118.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
52.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Northfields 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.
View Crime In Wetherby| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rudgate Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rudgate Green | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rudgate Green | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Rudgate Green | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Rudgate Green | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Rudgate Green | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Rudgate Green | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Rudgate Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Rudgate Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rudgate Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rudgate Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rudgate Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rudgate Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rudgate Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rudgate Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rudgate Green | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rudgate Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rudgate Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Rudgate Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Rudgate Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Woodland Croft | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Woodland Croft | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Woodland Croft | — |
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