Total Crime Rate
212.9 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Cross Peel Street area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 29 local areas in Morley South , and the 381st 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 Cross Peel Street (LS27 8RE) in the last 12 months was 212.9 per 1,000 residents and was 93.9% higher than the Morley South average (109.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 39 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 129.4% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 46 (β 174.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 155.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 45.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cross Peel Street (LS27 8RE), the main crime hotspot is near Peel Street. Police recorded 31 crimes here, including 29 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Morley South| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | California Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hartley Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Middleton Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Station Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Jubilee Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Harold Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | South Parade | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | South Parade | β |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | California Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Harold Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Clough Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cambridge Court | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | South Parade | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Tennyson Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | King George Croft | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Hartley Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Florence Terrace | β |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Hartley Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | South Parade | β |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | California Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Middleton Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Cambridge Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Cambridge Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rock Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Rock Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Jubilee Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | Middleton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Peel Street | Under investigation |
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