Total Crime Rate
104.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Church Mews area has the 39th highest crime rate of 114 local areas in Kirkstall , and the 998th 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 Church Mews (LS5 3SA) in the last 12 months was 104.9 per 1,000 residents and was 29.6% 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 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 86.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -28.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -53.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Church Mews (LS5 3SA), the main crime hotspot is near Hawkswood Crescent. Police recorded 27 crimes here, including 20 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Kirkstall| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cragside Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Cragside Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cragside Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cragside Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cragside Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cragside Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cragside Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cragside Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cragside Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cragside Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Cragside Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Cragside Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Abbeydale Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lea Farm Mount | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Cragside Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hawkswood Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hawkswood Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Vesper Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lea Farm Mount | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hawkswood Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cragside Place | Under investigation |
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