Total Crime Rate
301.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
175.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Waver Green area has the 5th highest crime rate of 76 local areas in Pudsey , and the 197th 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 Waver Green (LS28 7BG) in the last 12 months was 301.3 per 1,000 residents and was 206.4% higher than the Pudsey average (98.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 34 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 3.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 42 (≈ 175.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -68.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Waver Green (LS28 7BG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Tofts House Close, where police recorded 68 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Croft House Court (27 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Pudsey| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Studley Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Tofts House Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wesley Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | B6154 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Croft House Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tofts House Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Tofts House Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Tofts House Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Tofts House Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Tofts House Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Tofts House Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grange Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Tofts House Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Croft House Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clifton Place | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wesley Terrace | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wesley Terrace | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Wesley Terrace | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Wesley Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Clifton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Grange Terrace | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clifton Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Pudsey Bus Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Robin Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Crawshaw Park | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Manor House Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Lawrence Terrace | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Larkfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Mulberry Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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