Total Crime Rate
20.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Rookwood Road area has the lowest crime rate of 136 local areas in Burmantofts & Richmond Hill , and the 207th 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 Rookwood Road (LS9 0NJ) in the last 12 months was 20.0 per 1,000 residents and was 90.2% lower than the Burmantofts & Richmond Hill average (203.2 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 Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 17.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -67.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Rookwood Road (LS9 0NJ), the main crime hotspot is near Wykebeck Gardens. Police recorded 46 crimes here, including 31 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Burmantofts & Richmond Hill| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wykebeck View | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Rookwood Hill | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wykebeck Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Wykebeck Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Wykebeck Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Wykebeck Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Green Pasture Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Green Pasture Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rookwood Hill | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Ashtree Garth | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rookwood Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gipton Approach | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wykebeck Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wykebeck Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wykebeck Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Neville Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Neville Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Wykebeck Grove | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Green Pasture Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Ashtree Garth | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Bleaberry Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Lingmoor Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Rookwood Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashtree Garth | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Rookwood Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rookwood Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rookwood Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Halton Moor Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Harrison Crescent | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Harrison Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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