Total Crime Rate

121.2 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 121.2 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 45.5 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 41.7 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 15.2 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.6 6/10
  • Other crime 7.6 8/10
  • Other theft 3.8 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Tawny Close area has the 9th highest crime rate of 29 local areas in Morley South , and the 878th highest crime rate of 2,526 local areas in Leeds .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Tawny Close (LS27 8TE) in the last 12 months was 121.2 per 1,000 residents and was 10.4% higher than the Morley South average (109.8 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 Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 120.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -42.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 45.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -40.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 6.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Tawny Close (LS27 8TE), the main crime hotspot is near Albert Drive. Police recorded 28 crimes here, including 20 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Tawny Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Scratcherd Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Rydal Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Scatcherd Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Scatcherd Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Scratcherd Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Scratcherd Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Peter Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Newlands Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Rotary Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rotary Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rydal Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Albert Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Albert Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Albert Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Albert Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Albert Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Albert Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Albert Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Albert Drive Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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