Total Crime Rate
89.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
67.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Church Mews area has the 44th highest crime rate of 114 local areas in Kirkstall , and the 1140th 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 89.9 per 1,000 residents and was 33.9% lower than the Kirkstall average (135.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violent crimes ( -5.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 67.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -55.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Church Mews (LS5 3SA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Cragside Place, where police recorded 21 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cragside Gardens (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Leeds| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Abbeydale Mount | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Abbeydale Oval | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Abbeydale Oval | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hawkswood Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Abbeydale Oval | — |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Woodhall Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Abbeydale Garth | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hawkswood Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Abbeydale Garth | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Abbeydale Garth | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cragside Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Abbeydale Garth | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cragside Walk | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hawkswood Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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