Total Crime Rate

121.2 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 121.2 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 45.5 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 41.7 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 15.2 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.6 6/10
  • Other crime 7.6 8/10
  • Other theft 3.8 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 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
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

Wide Lane area has the 9th highest crime rate of 29 local areas in Morley South , and the 878th highest crime rate of 2,526 local areas in Leeds .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Wide Lane (LS27 8DG) in the last 12 months was 121.2 per 1,000 residents and was 10.4% higher than the Morley South average (109.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 120.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -42.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 45.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -40.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 6.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wide Lane (LS27 8DG), the main crime hotspot is near Denshaw Grove. Police recorded 27 crimes here, including 15 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Wide Lane area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (19/19)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sandringham Fold Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Denshaw Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Sandringham Fold Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Sandringham Fold Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sandringham Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sandringham Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Denshaw Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Denshaw Grove —
Sep 2025Other theft Bradley View Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Denshaw Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Sandringham Fold Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stonechat Rise Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Middleton Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Sandringham Fold Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sandringham Fold Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sandringham Fold Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sandringham Fold Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sandringham Fold Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Sandringham Fold Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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