Total Crime Rate
47.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
29.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Wilton Grove area has the 28th lowest crime rate of 114 local areas in Kirkstall , and the 751st 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 Wilton Grove (LS6 4ES) in the last 12 months was 47.1 per 1,000 residents and was 65.3% 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 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -36.4% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 29.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -27.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -74.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Wilton Grove (LS6 4ES), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Gordon Drive, where police recorded 34 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Woodland Park Road (22 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Leeds| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Linfield Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Brookfield Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Gordon Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Gordon Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Gordon Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Gordon Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Gordon Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Monk Bridge Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gordon View | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Mill Pond Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Back Heddon Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Gordon Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Woodbine Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodland Park Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodland Park Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Back Woodland Park Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Linfield Court | Under investigation |
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