Total Crime Rate
251.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Town Street area has the 11th highest crime rate of 108 local areas in Bramley & Stanningley , and the 271st 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 Town Street (LS28 6HQ) in the last 12 months was 251.4 per 1,000 residents and was 84.1% higher than the Bramley & Stanningley average (136.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 31 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 700.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 28 (≈ 76.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 12.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 5.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Town Street (LS28 6HQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 45 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Half Mile Green (25 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Bramley & Stanningley| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Half Mile Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Half Mile Green | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fern Lea View | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Half Mile Green | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Half Mile Green | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Back Bank Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Half Mile Green | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Half Mile Green | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Half Mile Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Half Mile Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Half Mile Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Half Mile Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Half Mile Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | North View Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | North View Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Fowler'S Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Butler Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Pavilion Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Butler Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Pavilion Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Vernon Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Butler Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Butler Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Butler Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Richardshaw Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Vernon Place | Under investigation |
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