Total Crime Rate

145.0 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 145.0 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 96.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 14.9 7/10
  • Burglary 7.4 7/10
  • Other crime 7.4 8/10
  • Other theft 7.4 7/10
  • Theft from the person 7.4 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.7 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 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
  • 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

Woodlands Drive area has the 27th highest crime rate of 122 local areas in Morley North , and the 699th 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 Woodlands Drive (LS27 9QZ) in the last 12 months was 145.0 per 1,000 residents and was 78.9% 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 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 96.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -30.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Woodlands Drive (LS27 9QZ), the main crime hotspot is near Woodlands Drive. Police recorded 22 crimes here, including 15 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Woodlands Drive area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sports/Recreation Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Nepshaw Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Asquith Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Hargreaves Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Asquith Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Asquith Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Asquith Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Asquith Drive
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ingle Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Nepshaw Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Nepshaw Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Victoria Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Victoria Street
Sep 2025Public order Asquith Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Nepshaw Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs B6126 Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Horsfall Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Horsfall Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft B6126 Under investigation

Data Sources

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