Total Crime Rate

231.8 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 231.8 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 104.6 10/10
  • Shoplifting 63.6 8/10
  • Public order 22.7 9/10
  • Other theft 18.2 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 13.6 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.1 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Wesley Street area has the 12th highest crime rate of 122 local areas in Morley North , and the 324th highest crime rate of 2,526 local areas in Leeds .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Wesley Street (LS27 9ED) in the last 12 months was 231.8 per 1,000 residents and was 186.0% 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 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -6.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 28 (≈ 127.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 154.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -35.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wesley Street (LS27 9ED), 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 Wesley Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Henry Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Haydn Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Trafalgar Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Trafalgar Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Trafalgar Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Haydn Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Trafalgar Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Trafalgar Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Trafalgar Gardens Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Queen Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Queensway Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Queensway Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Albion Street
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Albion Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Albion Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Albion Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Hunger Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Weavers Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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