Total Crime Rate
349.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Lewisham Court area has the highest crime rate of 29 local areas in Morley South , and the 149th 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 Lewisham Court (LS27 8QB) in the last 12 months was 349.6 per 1,000 residents and was 218.3% higher than the Morley South average (109.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 44 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 500.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 97.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -7.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lewisham Court (LS27 8QB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 111 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Peel Street (29 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Morley South| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hardy Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | California Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Zoar Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Zoar Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Zoar Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Zoar Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Zoar Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Zoar Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Pullman Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pullman Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | California Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Annie Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Station Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Station Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Station Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cambridge Court | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Cambridge Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Cambridge Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Tennyson Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Peel Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | California Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Florence Terrace | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rock Terrace | Under investigation |
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