Total Crime Rate

278.4 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 278.4 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 83.8 10/10
  • Other theft 44.9 10/10
  • Burglary 35.9 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 32.9 10/10
  • Public order 24.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 12.0 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 12.0 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.0 8/10
  • Drugs 6.0 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 6.0 8/10
  • Robbery 6.0 7/10
  • Other crime 3.0 3/10
  • 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

Woodhouse Square area has the 4th highest crime rate of 23 local areas in Little London & Woodhouse , and the 215th 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 Woodhouse Square (LS3 1AD) in the last 12 months was 278.4 per 1,000 residents and was 12.9% higher than the Little London & Woodhouse average (246.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 28 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 40 (≈ 119.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -48.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Woodhouse Square (LS3 1AD), the main crime hotspot is near St George'S Road. Police recorded 81 crimes here, including 58 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Woodhouse Square area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/57)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Cropper Gate Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Hyde Terrace Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Somers Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Back Claremont Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Hyde Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Somers Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Somers Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Somers Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Somers Place —
Sep 2025Other theft Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Marlborough Towers Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kendal Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Kendal Lane —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hyde Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hyde Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Inner Ring Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Marlborough Towers Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Seminary Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Cropper Gate Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Fountain Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Seminary Street —
Sep 2025Public order Grove Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Kendal Grove Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Seminary Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hospital Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hyde Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Back Burley Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Back Burley Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kendal Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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