Total Crime Rate
511.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
208.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Tongue Lane area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 92 local areas in Moortown , and the 73rd highest crime rate of 2,526 local areas in Leeds .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Tongue Lane (LS6 4QW) in the last 12 months was 511.0 per 1,000 residents and was 616.3% higher than the Moortown average (71.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 31 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -40.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 38 (≈ 208.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -37.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Tongue Lane (LS6 4QW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 134 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Saxon Mount (28 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Leeds| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Saxon Gate | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Castle View | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Garth Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Garth Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Garth Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Leafield Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Saxon Mount | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Queenshill Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Queenshill Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Leafield Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Leafield Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Lingfield Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Saxon Mount | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Saxon Gate | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Saxon Mount | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Saxon Mount | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Leafield Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Leafield Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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