Crime Rates at Back Potternewton Lane, Leeds, LS7 3SH

Back Potternewton Lane area has the 69th lowest crime rate of 166 local areas in Chapel Allerton , and the 1181st highest crime rate of 2,526 local areas in Leeds .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Back Potternewton Lane (LS7 3SH) in the last 12 months was 86.7 per 1,000 residents and was 29.2% lower than the Chapel Allerton average (122.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 43.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 15.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 9.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Back Potternewton Lane (LS7 3SH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 52 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hardwick Croft (25 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.