Total Crime Rate
50.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
34.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Albert Road area has the 10th lowest crime rate of 29 local areas in Morley South , and the 809th lowest crime rate of 2,526 local areas in Leeds .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Albert Road (LS27 8JY) in the last 12 months was 50.0 per 1,000 residents and was 54.7% lower than the Morley South average (110.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Public order ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 34.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -59.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Albert Road (LS27 8JY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 83 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Peel Street (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Leeds| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Zoar Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Annie Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | King George Croft | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chantry Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Chantry Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tennyson Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Johnson Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Station Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Station Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Station Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Annie Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Park Mill Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Hardy Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Troy Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
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