Total Crime Rate
152.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
87.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Chaucer Grove area has the 19th highest crime rate of 76 local areas in Pudsey , and the 651st 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 Chaucer Grove (LS28 9DW) in the last 12 months was 152.2 per 1,000 residents and was 54.8% 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 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 32 (≈ 87.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -27.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Chaucer Grove (LS28 9DW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Acres Hall Drive, where police recorded 23 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Romney Mount (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Pudsey| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Acres Hall Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Valley Square | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Broadlands Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kent Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kent Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Kent Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Acres Hall Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tennyson Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Acres Hall Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Acres Hall Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Acres Hall Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Acres Hall Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Marlowe Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashford Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashford Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Romney Mount | Under investigation |
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