Total Crime Rate

518.8 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

176.7 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 518.8 10/10
  • Shoplifting 210.5 10/10
  • Violent crimes 176.7 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 109.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 37.6 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 37.6 10/10
  • Public order 33.8 10/10
  • Robbery 30.1 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 18.8 10/10
  • Other theft 15.0 9/10
  • Burglary 11.3 9/10
  • Other crime 11.3 10/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.8 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Lewisham Grove area has the highest crime rate of 29 local areas in Morley South , and the 70th 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 Grove (LS27 8RY) in the last 12 months was 518.8 per 1,000 residents and was 370.0% higher than the Morley South average (110.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 56 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 47 (≈ 176.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 42.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -5.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lewisham Grove (LS27 8RY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Clough Street, where police recorded 27 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.

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Crime Over Time in Lewisham Grove area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (17/17)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Jubilee Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Clough Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Denshaw Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Denshaw Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Hartley Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Hartley Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Clough Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Clough Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Denshaw Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Middleton Road —
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Hartley Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Chantry Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Chantry Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Tennyson Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Johnson Terrace Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Park Mill Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences King George Croft Under investigation
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Data Sources

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