Total Crime Rate
44.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
25.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026St Peters Avenue area has the 17th lowest crime rate of 50 local areas in Rothwell , and the 689th lowest crime rate of 2,526 local areas in Leeds .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around St Peters Avenue (LS26 0EW) in the last 12 months was 44.0 per 1,000 residents and was 50.9% lower than the Rothwell average (89.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Anti-social behaviour ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 25.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -72.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around St Peters Avenue (LS26 0EW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 34 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Blackburn Court (22 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Rothwell| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Churchfield Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beech Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Back Gillett Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | West Parade | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | West Parade | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sandy Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sandy Bank Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Beech Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Blackburn Court | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Park West | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sandyacres | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sandyacres | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Sandyacres | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Orchard Way | Under investigation |
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