Total Crime Rate
73.3 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Clough Street area has the 13th lowest crime rate of 29 local areas in Morley South , and the 1150th 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 Clough Street (LS27 8RL) in the last 12 months was 73.3 per 1,000 residents and was 33.3% lower 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 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 10 (β 31.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -56.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -52.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Clough Street (LS27 8RL), 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 | Denshaw Grove | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Peel Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Middleton Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Middleton Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Middleton Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stonechat Rise | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cambridge Court | β |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Cambridge Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Tennyson Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Rock Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Middleton Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rock Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Clough Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Harold Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Harold Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Denshaw Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Denshaw Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Denshaw Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | King George Croft | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Middleton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Cambridge Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | South Parade | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | California Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | South Parade | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | South Parade | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hartley Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Hartley Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Hartley Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | South Parade | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Florence Terrace | β |
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