Total Crime Rate

105.3 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

23.9 per 1,000 5/10 · Average

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 105.3 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 28.7 9/10
  • Violent crimes 23.9 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 23.9 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 14.4 8/10
  • Other crime 14.4 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 14.4 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.8 7/10
  • Burglary 4.8 5/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 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
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Middleton Road area has the 12th highest crime rate of 29 local areas in Morley South , and the 978th highest crime rate of 2,526 local areas in Leeds .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Middleton Road (LS27 8AP) in the last 12 months was 105.3 per 1,000 residents and was 4.6% lower than the Morley South average (110.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 23.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -60.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Middleton Road (LS27 8AP), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 88 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 Middleton Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/42)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Queen'S Place —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Harrwood Mews Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Hartley Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Parking Area Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Hartley Street —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Annie Street —
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Annie Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour B6123 —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences B6123 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Harrwood Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Melbourne Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Middleton Road —
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Hartley Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Jubilee Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Park Mill Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Johnson Terrace Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Tennyson Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Glen Grove —
Apr 2026Other theft Glen Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Oak Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Oak Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Oak Avenue Further action is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Oak Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Oak Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Nightclub Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences South Queen Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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