Postcode · Leeds
Crime in LS15 4FA
How much crime is recorded in LS15 4FA, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Scarcroft, Shadwell & Scholes
- Council
- Leeds
- Region
- Yorkshire and The Humber
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,452 (2024)
LS15 4FALeeds
How safe is LS15 4FA
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 15.4 offences per 1,000 people a year in the LS15 4FA area, less than half the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 4 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
4/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
15.4
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
26
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
What crime is recorded
Recorded offences per 1,000 people a year (counting both residents and people who work locally, or per 1,000 households for burglary).
LS15 4FANational
Burglary13.99.1
Violence and sexual offences10.123.6
Anti-social behaviour3.510.7
Criminal damage and arson2.94.7
Other theft1.74.5
Public order1.24.6
Other crime1.01.5
Vehicle crime0.73.5
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 6% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
5
10
15
20
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.