Total Crime Rate
8.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
8.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Rookwood Avenue area has the lowest crime rate of 136 local areas in Burmantofts & Richmond Hill , and the 52nd 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 Avenue (LS9 0NL) in the last 12 months was 8.6 per 1,000 residents and was 95.6% lower than the Burmantofts & Richmond Hill average (196.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violence and sexual offences with 3 cases , down -25.0% compared to 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violent crimes ( -40.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 8.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -40.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -93.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Rookwood Avenue (LS9 0NL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Harrison Crescent, where police recorded 56 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Wykebeck Gardens (33 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Leeds| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Wykebeck Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harrison Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wykebeck Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Leeds Guided Busway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Leeds Guided Busway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Wykebeck Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wykebeck Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bleaberry Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Bleaberry Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Bleaberry Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wykebeck Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wykebeck Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Gipton Approach | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Harrison Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lingmoor Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Lingmoor Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wykebeck Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Gipton Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Gipton Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gipton Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harrison Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Wykebeck Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gipton Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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