Total Crime Rate

218.1 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 218.1 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 93.5 10/10
  • Public order 18.7 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 18.7 10/10
  • Other theft 15.6 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.5 8/10
  • Robbery 12.5 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 9.4 5/10
  • Burglary 9.4 8/10
  • Drugs 9.4 8/10
  • Other crime 9.4 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.1 4/10
  • Shoplifting 3.1 2/10
  • Theft from the person 3.1 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Wyther Drive area has the 30th highest crime rate of 130 local areas in Armley , and the 369th highest crime rate of 2,526 local areas in Leeds .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Wyther Drive (LS5 3AP) in the last 12 months was 218.1 per 1,000 residents and was 5.4% higher than the Armley average (206.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 30 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 40 (≈ 124.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -24.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -38.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wyther Drive (LS5 3AP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 221 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Shopping Area (25 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Wyther Drive area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Abbey Light Railway Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Savins Mill Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Savins Mill Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Savins Mill Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ancester Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Ancester Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Savins Mill Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Savins Mill Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Savins Mill Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Savins Mill Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Abbey Light Railway Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Houghley Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Abbey Light Railway Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Savins Mill Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Robbery Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Vickers Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bridge Fold
Sep 2025Drugs Bridge Fold Local resolution
Sep 2025Public order Bridge Fold Under investigation

Data Sources

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