Total Crime Rate

217.0 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 217.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 68.1 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 29.8 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 25.5 8/10
  • Burglary 25.5 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 21.3 10/10
  • Other theft 12.8 9/10
  • Public order 12.8 8/10
  • Drugs 8.5 8/10
  • Other crime 8.5 9/10
  • Theft from the person 4.3 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Fountain Street area has the 15th highest crime rate of 122 local areas in Morley North , and the 371st 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 Fountain Street (LS27 9AE) in the last 12 months was 217.0 per 1,000 residents and was 167.7% higher than the Morley North average (81.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 250.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -11.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 80.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -9.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -42.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Fountain Street (LS27 9AE), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 202 crimes here, including 47 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Fountain Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Elmfield Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Weavers Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Haydn Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Queensway Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Elmfield Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Elmfield Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Elmfield Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Elmfield Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Harrwood Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Harrwood Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Nightclub Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Nightclub Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Nightclub Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Nightclub Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Robbery Nightclub Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Other crime Kirkness Court Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences South Queen Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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