Total Crime Rate
32.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
15.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026East Moor Crescent area has the 31st lowest crime rate of 92 local areas in Moortown , and the 484th lowest crime rate of 2,526 local areas in Leeds .
Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.
The overall crime rate in the area around East Moor Crescent (LS8 1AD) in the last 12 months was 32.9 per 1,000 residents and was 53.9% 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 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -16.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 15.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -87.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around East Moor Crescent (LS8 1AD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near East Moor Crescent, where police recorded 22 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Talbot Avenue (15 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 | Talbot Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bideford Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Talbot Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Talbot Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Talbot Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Talbot Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Holmfield Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | East Moor Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Talbot Rise | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bideford Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | East Moor Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Talbot Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Chelwood Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Chelwood Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Chelwood Drive | Under investigation |
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