Total Crime Rate

83.6 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 83.6 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 36.8 7/10
  • Burglary 20.1 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.0 5/10
  • Other crime 6.7 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.7 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.3 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 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
  • Theft from the person 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

Waterloo Road area has the 36th highest crime rate of 76 local areas in Pudsey , and the 1240th highest crime rate of 2,526 local areas in Leeds .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Waterloo Road (LS28 7UJ) in the last 12 months was 83.6 per 1,000 residents and was 19.5% lower 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -15.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 36.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -15.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -36.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Waterloo Road (LS28 7UJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Thorne Close, where police recorded 22 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Ingham'S Avenue (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Waterloo Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sunnyridge Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sunnyridge Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Chatsworth Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Thorne Close
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Alder Garth Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Alder Garth Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ingham'S Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Hillfoot Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hillfoot Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sunnyridge Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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