Total Crime Rate

77.4 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 77.4 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 39.8 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.5 7/10
  • Other theft 8.4 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 4.2 2/10
  • Burglary 4.2 5/10
  • Drugs 4.2 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.1 1/10
  • Other crime 2.1 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.1 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

Willow Close area has the 57th lowest crime rate of 114 local areas in Kirkstall , and the 1197th lowest crime rate of 2,526 local areas in Leeds .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Willow Close (LS4 2HG) in the last 12 months was 77.4 per 1,000 residents and was 48.1% lower than the Kirkstall average (149.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -58.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 39.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -29.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Willow Close (LS4 2HG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 65 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Back Boundary Terrace (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Willow Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Autumn Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Carberry Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Back Boundary Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Chiswick Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Westfield Terrace —
Sep 2025Other theft Westfield Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Westfield Terrace Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Westfield Terrace Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rosebank Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Back Chiswick Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Carberry Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Back Boundary Terrace —
Sep 2025Other crime Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Broadway Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Cross Burley Lodge Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Autumn Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Back Boundary Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Back Autumn Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Kelsall Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Alexandra Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Alexandra Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Autumn Grove —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Autumn Avenue —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Branksome Place Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Branksome Place Local resolution

Data Sources

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