Total Crime Rate
63.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
44.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Clough Street area has the 12th lowest crime rate of 29 local areas in Morley South , and the 1039th 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 8RW) in the last 12 months was 63.7 per 1,000 residents and was 42.3% 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 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 20.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 44.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -76.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Clough Street (LS27 8RW), the main crime hotspot is near Denshaw Grove. Police recorded 33 crimes here, including 19 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Leeds| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Park Mill Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clough Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Denshaw Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Denshaw Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Brambling Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Denshaw Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Denshaw Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hartley Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hartley Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Denshaw Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clough Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Chantry Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Clough Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tennyson Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Johnson Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chantry Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Hartley Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Middleton Road | — |
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