Total Crime Rate
498.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Church Lane area has the highest crime rate of 76 local areas in Pudsey , and the 76th 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 Church Lane (LS28 7LD) in the last 12 months was 498.5 per 1,000 residents and was 380.2% higher than the Pudsey average (103.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 60 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 84 (≈ 244.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 12.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -13.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Church Lane (LS28 7LD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Tofts House Close, where police recorded 45 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Croft House Court (40 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Pudsey| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Clarence Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | B6154 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wesley Terrace | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wesley Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wesley Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Croft House Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Croft House Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Croft House Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | B6154 | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | B6154 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Radcliffe Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Back Richardshaw Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Radcliffe Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Broughton Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Crawshaw Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Oakroyd Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Lawrence Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Manor House Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Clifton Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Claremont Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Claremont Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Claremont Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Claremont Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Back Richardshaw Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Pudsey Bus Station | — |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Park Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Lower Tofts Road | Under investigation |
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