Total Crime Rate

349.6 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 349.6 10/10
  • Shoplifting 165.4 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 60.2 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 22.6 8/10
  • Burglary 22.6 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 22.6 10/10
  • Public order 18.8 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 15.0 8/10
  • Robbery 15.0 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.8 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.8 6/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · 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 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 Grove (LS27 8RY) 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 Grove (LS27 8RY), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Lewisham Grove area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/32)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Denshaw Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hartley Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rock Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Peel Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Tennyson Street —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cambridge Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cambridge Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cambridge Court —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Middleton Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Middleton Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Middleton Close —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Middleton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Middleton Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hartley Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hartley Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Harold Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons California Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson California Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour California Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Florence Terrace —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour South Parade —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour South Parade —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour South Parade —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour South Parade —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Jubilee Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Jubilee Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Jubilee Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Denshaw Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Clough Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Rock Terrace Under investigation
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Data Sources

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