Total Crime Rate
88.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
55.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Nowell Mount area has the 28th lowest crime rate of 136 local areas in Burmantofts & Richmond Hill , and the 1162nd 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 Nowell Mount (LS9 6HW) in the last 12 months was 88.6 per 1,000 residents and was 54.9% 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 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 55.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -74.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Nowell Mount (LS9 6HW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Back St Alban Crescent, where police recorded 46 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Torre Lane (22 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 | Back Nowell Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Nowell Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Back St Alban Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Back St Alban Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nowell Parade | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Back Nowell Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Torre View | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Back Nowell Terrace | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Kimberley Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nowell Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Kimberley Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | St Alban Approach | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nowell Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nowell Approach | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | St Alban Approach | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | St Alban Approach | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sofia Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | St Alban Approach | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Rachel Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Rachel Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | St Alban Approach | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Alban Approach | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nowell Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nowell Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Nowell Parade | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Nowell Approach | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Nowell Parade | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Wepener Place | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Torre Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nowell Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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