Total Crime Rate

119.9 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 119.9 8/10
  • Shoplifting 64.8 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 14.4 4/10
  • Robbery 12.0 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.2 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 4.8 3/10
  • Other crime 4.8 7/10
  • Public order 4.8 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.4 2/10
  • Burglary 2.4 1/10
  • Other theft 2.4 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

St Michaels Lane area has the 37th highest crime rate of 114 local areas in Kirkstall , and the 888th highest crime rate of 2,526 local areas in Leeds .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around St Michaels Lane (LS4 2PD) in the last 12 months was 119.9 per 1,000 residents and was 19.6% lower than the Kirkstall average (149.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 31.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -48.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( -0.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around St Michaels Lane (LS4 2PD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Argie Terrace, where police recorded 112 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cross Evanston Avenue (25 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in St Michaels Lane area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Stanmore Avenue
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Knowle Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Haddon Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sowood Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sowood Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sowood Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Sowood Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Village Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Village Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Village Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Village Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Village Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beechwood Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Village Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Haddon Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Martin Terrace Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Martin Terrace
Sep 2025Shoplifting Cross Evanston Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Cross Evanston Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Cross Evanston Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Cross Evanston Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Cross Evanston Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Cross Evanston Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Cross Evanston Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Cross Evanston Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Cross Evanston Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Cross Evanston Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Cross Evanston Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Ann'S Gardens
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stanmore Mount Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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