Total Crime Rate

93.6 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 93.6 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 52.5 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.7 8/10
  • Public order 9.1 7/10
  • Drugs 4.6 5/10
  • Other crime 4.6 6/10
  • Other theft 4.6 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 2.3 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.3 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 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 · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Lidgett Lane area has the 24th highest crime rate of 94 local areas in Garforth & Swillington , and the 1127th 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 Lidgett Lane (LS25 1LL) in the last 12 months was 93.6 per 1,000 residents and was 36.0% higher than the Garforth & Swillington average (68.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 28 (≈ 63.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 47.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -32.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lidgett Lane (LS25 1LL), the main crime hotspot is near Scholars Gate. Police recorded 21 crimes here, including 14 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Lidgett Lane area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (9/9)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Summerhill Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Poplar Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Appletree Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Strawberry Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Strawberry Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Strawberry Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Scholars Gate Further action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Barleyhill Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Poplar Avenue Under investigation
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Data Sources

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