Total Crime Rate
43.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
31.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026South Farm Road area has the 10th lowest crime rate of 136 local areas in Burmantofts & Richmond Hill , and the 676th 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 South Farm Road (LS9 6NY) in the last 12 months was 43.2 per 1,000 residents and was 78.0% 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 31.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -15.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -75.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around South Farm Road (LS9 6NY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Harrison Crescent, where police recorded 56 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Brander Road (30 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Leeds| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Gipton Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harrison Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Coldcotes Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Brander Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Coldcotes Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Coldcotes Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Coldcotes Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Denbigh Approach | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Denbigh Approach | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brander Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harrison Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Harrison Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brander Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Denbigh Approach | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brander Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Brander Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brander Approach | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Brander Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Brander Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gipton Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gipton Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Gipton Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Leeds Guided Busway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Brander Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wykebeck Valley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Gipton Approach | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brander Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Greenview Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | South Farm Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | South Farm Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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