Total Crime Rate

476.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 476.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 115.0 10/10
  • Shoplifting 108.6 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 79.9 10/10
  • Public order 57.5 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 35.1 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 25.6 10/10
  • Burglary 19.2 10/10
  • Other theft 12.8 9/10
  • Other crime 9.6 9/10
  • Robbery 6.4 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.2 4/10
  • Theft from the person 3.2 4/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Lay Garth Fold area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 49 local areas in Rothwell , and the 83rd highest crime rate of 2,526 local areas in Leeds .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Lay Garth Fold (LS26 0TP) in the last 12 months was 476.0 per 1,000 residents and was 381.0% higher than the Rothwell average (99.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 36 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 266.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 56 (≈ 178.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 40.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -37.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lay Garth Fold (LS26 0TP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Hainsworth Street, where police recorded 17 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Lay Garth Mead (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Lay Garth Fold area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (9/9)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Hainsworth Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Carlton Green Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hainsworth Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Clements Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order The Gateway Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lay Garth Mead Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Mill Hill Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cross Street —
Sep 2025Public order Cross Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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