Total Crime Rate
49.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
23.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Stainbeck Lane area has the 46th highest crime rate of 92 local areas in Moortown , and the 804th 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 Stainbeck Lane (LS7 2PS) in the last 12 months was 49.7 per 1,000 residents and was 30.3% lower 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 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 23.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 64.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Stainbeck Lane (LS7 2PS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Woodland Terrace, where police recorded 121 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Beckhill Drive (18 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 | Woodland Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Woodland Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Beckhill Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Woodland Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Bowood Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Woodland Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Woodland Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Woodland Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Woodland Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Woodland Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bowood Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Woodland Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Beckhill Approach | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alder Hill Grove | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Woodland Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Woodland Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Woodland Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Woodland Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Woodland Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Towers Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Woodland Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Woodland Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Towers Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Woodland Terrace | Under investigation |
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