Crime Rates at Pontefract Lane, Leeds, LS9 8QE

Pontefract Lane area has the 15th highest crime rate of 136 local areas in Burmantofts & Richmond Hill , and the 133rd highest crime rate of 2,526 local areas in Leeds .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Pontefract Lane (LS9 8QE) in the last 12 months was 365.2 per 1,000 residents and was 79.7% 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 46 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 57 (≈ 236.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -26.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 51.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Pontefract Lane (LS9 8QE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Temple View Grove, where police recorded 260 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Copperfield Avenue (27 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.