Total Crime Rate

176.0 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 176.0 9/10
  • Shoplifting 67.5 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 61.6 9/10
  • Public order 17.6 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.8 6/10
  • Other theft 8.8 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 5.9 3/10
  • Other crime 2.9 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.9 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

High Woodlands area has the 29th highest crime rate of 149 local areas in Ardsley & Robin Hood , and the 537th 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 High Woodlands (WF3 2JH) in the last 12 months was 176.0 per 1,000 residents and was 124.7% higher than the Ardsley & Robin Hood average (78.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Vehicle crime ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 79.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -15.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 48.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around High Woodlands (WF3 2JH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 33 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Church Lane (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in High Woodlands area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (12/12)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Apple Tree Close —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Waterhouse Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences New Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences New Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Orange Tree Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Church Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Church Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Church Lane Under investigation
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Data Sources

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