Total Crime Rate

98.2 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 98.2 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 24.1 6/10
  • Shoplifting 20.0 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 14.0 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 12.0 6/10
  • Other theft 8.0 7/10
  • Burglary 4.0 5/10
  • Other crime 4.0 6/10
  • Public order 4.0 4/10
  • Robbery 4.0 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.0 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Dale Croft area has the 23rd highest crime rate of 94 local areas in Garforth & Swillington , and the 1081st highest crime rate of 2,526 local areas in Leeds .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Dale Croft (LS25 1QG) in the last 12 months was 98.2 per 1,000 residents and was 42.6% 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 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 600.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 32.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -27.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -56.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Dale Croft (LS25 1QG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Main Street, where police recorded 31 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Chapel Close (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Dale Croft area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Chapel Close Local resolution
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cyprus Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Salem Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Main Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Main Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Main Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Main Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Chapel Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Main Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chapel Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson A642 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oak Royd Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Dale Croft Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson A642 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime A642 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour A642
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour A642
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oak Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fidler Close Under investigation

Data Sources

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