Total Crime Rate

234.7 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 234.7 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 115.5 10/10
  • Other theft 18.1 9/10
  • Public order 18.1 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 18.1 10/10
  • Shoplifting 14.4 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.8 7/10
  • Drugs 10.8 8/10
  • Other crime 10.8 10/10
  • Burglary 7.2 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.6 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.6 6/10
  • Robbery 3.6 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Nowell Walk area has the 36th highest crime rate of 136 local areas in Burmantofts & Richmond Hill , and the 318th 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 Nowell Walk (LS9 6JB) in the last 12 months was 234.7 per 1,000 residents and was 15.5% higher 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 32 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -54.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 39 (≈ 140.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 2.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -43.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Nowell Walk (LS9 6JB), the main crime hotspot is near William Hey Court. Police recorded 97 crimes here, including 44 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Nowell Walk area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Back Nowell Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cross Bellbrooke Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson William Hey Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour William Hey Court
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cross Bellbrooke Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cross Bellbrooke Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Cross Bellbrooke Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Cross Bellbrooke Avenue Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cross Bellbrooke Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft William Hey Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Cross Bellbrooke Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Juniper Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Juniper Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Hudson Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hudson Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brown Hill Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson William Hey Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting William Hey Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Clifton Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Nowell Approach Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nowell Parade Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Back Coldcotes Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nowell Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Nowell Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bellbrooke Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Nowell Approach Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences William Hey Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Nowell Approach Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation

Data Sources

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