Total Crime Rate
31.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Wetherby Grove area has the 16th lowest crime rate of 114 local areas in Kirkstall , and the 425th 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 Wetherby Grove (LS4 2JH) in the last 12 months was 31.6 per 1,000 residents and was 78.8% 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 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 15.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -22.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Wetherby Grove (LS4 2JH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Argie Terrace, where police recorded 112 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Back Greenhow Walk (26 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Kirkstall| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Knowle Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Sowood Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Village Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Haddon Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Stanmore Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Greenhow Walk | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Cross Evanston Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Haddon Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cross Evanston Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sowood Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sowood Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sowood Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Cross Evanston Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Cross Evanston Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Martin Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Cross Evanston Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Cross Evanston Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Cross Evanston Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Cross Evanston Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Cross Evanston Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Cross Evanston Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Martin Terrace | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Cross Evanston Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stanmore Mount | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Cross Evanston Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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