Total Crime Rate
138.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
35.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Oakwood Nook area has the 7th highest crime rate of 42 local areas in Roundhay , and the 736th highest crime rate of 2,526 local areas in Leeds .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Oakwood Nook (LS8 2JA) in the last 12 months was 138.6 per 1,000 residents and was 77.4% higher than the Roundhay average (78.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 35.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -18.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -58.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Oakwood Nook (LS8 2JA), the main crime hotspot is near Gipton Wood Place. Police recorded 34 crimes here, including 29 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Leeds| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Back Oakwood Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Ravenscar Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Oakwell Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Oakwell Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Springwood Gardens | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Back Oakwood Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gledhow Rise | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Oakwood Mount | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Montagu View | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Back Wetherby Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Back Wetherby Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Back Ravenscar Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Ravenscar Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Ravenscar Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Ravenscar Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Back Ravenscar Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Back Wetherby Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gipton Wood Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gipton Wood Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gipton Wood Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Gipton Wood Place | Under investigation |
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