Total Crime Rate

93.5 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 93.5 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 28.0 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 18.7 7/10
  • Other theft 18.7 9/10
  • Burglary 9.4 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.4 7/10
  • Other crime 9.4 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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

Wordsworth Drive area has the 22nd highest crime rate of 49 local areas in Rothwell , and the 1129th 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 Wordsworth Drive (LS26 8EP) in the last 12 months was 93.5 per 1,000 residents and was 5.6% lower 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 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 28.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -73.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wordsworth Drive (LS26 8EP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Coleridge Close, where police recorded 11 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Oulton Drive (3 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Wordsworth Drive area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (3/3)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Oulton Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shelley Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sugar Hill Close Under investigation
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Data Sources

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