Total Crime Rate
41.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
25.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Fartown area has the 11th lowest crime rate of 76 local areas in Pudsey , and the 643rd lowest crime rate of 2,526 local areas in Leeds .
Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Fartown (LS28 8LU) in the last 12 months was 41.3 per 1,000 residents and was 58.0% lower 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 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 75.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 25.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 60.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -71.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Fartown (LS28 8LU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Fulneck, where police recorded 23 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Littlemoor Crescent South (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Pudsey| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Southroyd Rise | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Fulneck | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Southroyd Rise | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Southroyd Rise | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Mill Hill | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Glebe Mount | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Camberley Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Littlemoor Crescent South | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Fulneck | Under investigation |
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