Total Crime Rate

195.5 per 1,000 9/10 · Very 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 195.5 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 120.3 10/10
  • Other crime 18.8 10/10
  • Other theft 15.0 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.3 7/10
  • Public order 11.3 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.8 2/10
  • Burglary 3.8 4/10
  • Drugs 3.8 4/10
  • Shoplifting 3.8 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.8 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Fountain Street area has the 21st highest crime rate of 122 local areas in Morley North , and the 449th 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 Fountain Street (LS27 0AA) in the last 12 months was 195.5 per 1,000 residents and was 141.2% higher than the Morley North average (81.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 32 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -70.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 35 (≈ 131.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -8.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Fountain Street (LS27 0AA), the main crime hotspot is near Corporation Street. Police recorded 40 crimes here, including 20 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Fountain Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Corporation Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Corporation Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Corporation Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Corporation Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Foxton Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Foxton Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Fountain Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Little Fountain Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lenham Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Haydn Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Vickers Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Vickers Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Frensham Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Baker Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Corporation Street —
Sep 2025Drugs Kirkness Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Kirkness Court Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order Elvaston Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Elvaston Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Finchley Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Corporation Street —
Sep 2025Burglary Weavers Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Corporation Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Haydn Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parkfield Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Corporation Street —
Sep 2025Other theft Baker Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Corporation Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Thackray Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Corporation Street Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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