Total Crime Rate
160.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
122.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Richardshaw Lane area has the 22nd highest crime rate of 107 local areas in Bramley & Stanningley , and the 605th 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 Richardshaw Lane (LS28 7NB) in the last 12 months was 160.9 per 1,000 residents and was 29.8% higher than the Bramley & Stanningley average (124.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 29 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 45.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 32 (≈ 122.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 39.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -53.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Richardshaw Lane (LS28 7NB), 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Tofts House Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Wesley Terrace | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Manor House Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Larkfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Larkfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Park View | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Clifton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grange Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Wesley Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Grange Terrace | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Croft House Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wesley Terrace | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wesley Terrace | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Tofts House Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | 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 | Robbery | Studley Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Croft House Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pudsey Bus Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Richardshaw Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Laurel Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | First Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Pudsey Bus Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Pudsey Bus Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Mulberry Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pudsey Bus Station | — |
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