Crime

Crime in Leeds by area

Every neighbourhood we cover, ranked by crimes per 1,000 residents a year, from police.uk figures for June to August 2026. Highest first. Pick a type of crime to re-rank, or tap a column to sort.

27,375crimes recordedJune to August 2026

+1%on the 3 months beforemore crime

Pool in Wharfedalelowest rate12.1 per 1,000 a year

97.3middle areacrimes per 1,000 a year

Darker means more crime per resident. Tap an area for its page.

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Most improved: Churwell (-26%), Woodhouse (-25%) and Adel (-19%), compared with the three months before.

Every area, ranked

#				Most common
1	Lovell ParkLS7 · 16,629 residents	591.7	▼ 8%	violence
2	LeedsLS1 · 105,963 residents	272.7	▼ 4%	violence
3	HunsletLS10 · 6,568 residents	260	▼ 13%	violence
4	BurmantoftsLS9 · 18,096 residents	235.9	▲ 8%	violence
5	ArmleyLS12 · 15,313 residents	234	▲ 5%	violence
6	FarnleyLS12 · 7,868 residents	228.8	▲ 19%	violence
7	HarehillsLS8 · 28,937 residents	213.4	▲ 3%	violence
8	KillingbeckLS14 · 10,872 residents	212.7	▲ 14%	violence
9	Richmond HillLS9 · 15,586 residents	206.9	▲ 14%	violence
10	Cross GreenLS9 · 9,371 residents	205.7	▲ 27%	violence
11	SeacroftLS14 · 12,538 residents	201.3	▼ 7%	violence
12	Woodhouse HillLS10 · 9,689 residents	201.1	▼ 2%	violence
13	Tyersal GateBD4 · 11,242 residents	200.7	▲ 3%	violence
14	SheepscarLS7 · 21,646 residents	186.8	▼ 2%	violence
15	HolbeckLS11 · 11,047 residents	186.8	▼ 17%	violence
16	GiptonLS9 · 21,076 residents	186	▲ 7%	violence
17	MicklefieldLS25 · 1,556 residents	182.5	▼ 9%	violence
18	BeestonLS11 · 13,349 residents	176.8	▲ 1%	violence
19	KirkstallLS5 · 9,074 residents	174.1	▼ 14%	violence
20	East End ParkLS9 · 14,980 residents	169	▲ 24%	violence
21	ChapeltownLS7 · 19,849 residents	166.3	▲ 9%	violence
22	WortleyLS12 · 14,494 residents	166.1	▲ 10%	violence
23	Belle IsleLS10 · 10,686 residents	161	▲ 2%	violence
24	SwarcliffeLS14 · 14,608 residents	159.6	▼ 13%	violence
25	Little LondonLS7 · 20,338 residents	157.9	▼ 17%	violence
26	New FarnleyLS12 · 2,881 residents	155.5	▲ 20%	shoplifting
27	OsmondthorpeLS9 · 13,695 residents	146.3	▲ 4%	violence
28	HawksworthLS5 · 6,504 residents	145.1	▲ 4%	violence
29	BramleyLS13 · 16,563 residents	144.2	▲ 12%	violence
30	SandfordLS13 · 11,496 residents	144.1	▲ 5%	violence
31	Cross GatesLS15 · 11,514 residents	142.4	▲ 7%	violence
32	GraveleythorpeLS15 · 10,598 residents	138.5	▲ 11%	violence
33	GildersomeLS27 · 23,136 residents	138	▲ 7%	violence
34	ScholesLS15 · 4,899 residents	137.2	▲ 1%	violence
35	Holt ParkLS16 · 6,177 residents	133.4	0%	violence
36	Burn KnollsLS27 · 10,816 residents	133.1	▲ 10%	violence
37	MiddletonLS10 · 11,485 residents	132.7	▼ 3%	violence
38	AusthorpeLS15 · 28,818 residents	128.5	▼ 1%	violence
39	West ParkLS16 · 8,510 residents	127.8	▼ 1%	violence
40	ColtonLS15 · 25,316 residents	121.7	▲ 1%	violence
41	WoodhouseLS2 · 23,935 residents	120	▼ 25%	violence
42	AdwaltonBD11 · 21,124 residents	119.7	▲ 7%	violence
43	BruntcliffeLS27 · 5,084 residents	116.4	▲ 8%	violence
44	WoodlesfordLS26 · 16,478 residents	116	▲ 26%	violence
45	MonkswoodLS14 · 11,010 residents	115.2	0%	violence
46	MorleyLS27 · 36,476 residents	113.9	▲ 4%	violence
47	StanningleyLS28 · 11,209 residents	113.1	▲ 7%	violence
48	DrighlingtonBD11 · 20,000 residents	112.8	▲ 10%	anti-social behaviour
49	Halton MoorLS15 · 12,080 residents	112.3	▼ 7%	violence
50	Moor AllertonLS17 · 10,202 residents	108.2	▼ 10%	violence
51	Ireland WoodLS16 · 8,045 residents	107.9	▲ 1%	violence
52	OultonLS26 · 17,878 residents	106.5	▲ 24%	violence
53	PudseyLS28 · 51,839 residents	103.1	▲ 7%	violence
54	BurleyLS4 · 23,715 residents	103.1	▼ 4%	violence
55	AlwoodleyLS17 · 9,117 residents	103.1	▼ 3%	violence
56	FarsleyLS28 · 50,706 residents	101	▲ 10%	violence
57	TinshillLS16 · 11,178 residents	97.3	▲ 13%	violence
58	RothwellLS26 · 23,513 residents	96.6	▲ 21%	violence
59	YeadonLS19 · 27,682 residents	96.4	▼ 7%	violence
60	WhinmoorLS14 · 7,128 residents	96	▲ 8%	violence
61	SwinnowLS13 · 13,989 residents	94.9	▼ 5%	violence
62	CookridgeLS16 · 11,934 residents	93.2	▲ 2%	violence
63	SwillingtonLS26 · 2,923 residents	93.1	▲ 36%	violence
64	Gledhow ParkLS7 · 13,968 residents	92.5	▲ 2%	violence
65	ManstonLS15 · 9,148 residents	92.3	▼ 2%	violence
66	East ArdsleyWF3 · 5,384 residents	92.1	▲ 4%	violence
67	GuiseleyLS20 · 28,410 residents	91.4	▼ 7%	violence
68	OakwoodLS8 · 11,565 residents	90.6	▲ 4%	violence
69	Little PrestonLS26 · 2,923 residents	90.3	▲ 57%	violence
70	HorsforthLS18 · 41,818 residents	90.2	▲ 3%	violence
71	TingleyWF3 · 8,906 residents	89.8	▼ 2%	violence
72	HaltonLS15 · 10,464 residents	89.8	▼ 6%	violence
73	Chapel AllertonLS7 · 17,057 residents	88.4	▲ 2%	violence
74	GledhowLS8 · 11,192 residents	88.3	▲ 21%	violence
75	Hyde ParkLS6 · 31,291 residents	86.3	▼ 4%	violence
76	MeanwoodLS6 · 13,434 residents	86.1	▲ 2%	violence
77	Boston SpaLS23 · 8,458 residents	86.1	▲ 37%	violence
78	MoortownLS17 · 12,838 residents	84.1	0%	violence
79	Thorp ArchLS23 · 8,458 residents	83.7	▲ 34%	violence
80	OtleyLS21 · 14,357 residents	83.6	▲ 7%	violence
81	WetherbyLS22 · 12,070 residents	80.5	▲ 26%	violence
82	WhitkirkLS15 · 13,255 residents	79.1	▼ 2%	violence
83	LintonLS22 · 1,534 residents	75.6	▲ 71%	violence
84	Great PrestonLS26 · 4,972 residents	75.6	▼ 20%	violence
85	Littlemoor BottomLS28 · 9,393 residents	73.7	▼ 6%	violence
86	Bantam GroveLS27 · 8,824 residents	73	▲ 5%	violence
87	IntakeLS13 · 12,459 residents	72.2	▲ 11%	violence
88	ChurwellLS27 · 11,374 residents	69.6	▼ 26%	violence
89	Daisy HillLS27 · 12,704 residents	68.3	▼ 7%	violence
90	GarforthLS25 · 18,316 residents	67	▼ 12%	violence
91	Thorpe-on-the-HillWF3 · 6,547 residents	66	▲ 48%	violence
92	KippaxLS25 · 19,709 residents	66	▼ 1%	violence
93	RawdonLS19 · 4,344 residents	65.4	▲ 8%	violence
94	HeadingleyLS6 · 23,069 residents	65.4	▼ 15%	violence
95	CalverleyLS28 · 5,073 residents	65.4	▲ 28%	anti-social behaviour
96	AdelLS16 · 6,513 residents	62.6	▼ 19%	violence
97	Allerton BywaterWF10 · 4,438 residents	61.3	▼ 25%	violence
98	CarltonWF3 · 6,829 residents	60.3	▲ 11%	violence
99	ShadwellLS17 · 1,581 residents	58.2	▲ 35%	violence
100	LofthouseWF3 · 3,659 residents	57.9	▼ 2%	violence
101	MickletownLS26 · 3,358 residents	57.2	▼ 17%	violence
102	FulneckLS28 · 9,492 residents	56.9	▼ 7%	violence
103	Robin HoodWF3 · 6,794 residents	54.2	▲ 5%	violence
104	RoundhayLS8 · 10,170 residents	48.4	▼ 6%	violence
105	WoodkirkWF12 · 6,147 residents	47.5	▲ 1%	violence
106	WeetwoodLS16 · 7,173 residents	47.4	▼ 16%	violence
107	CollinghamLS22 · 3,083 residents	45.4	▲ 75%	violence
108	MethleyLS26 · 4,556 residents	44.8	▼ 23%	violence
109	Barwick in ElmetLS15 · 5,914 residents	33.1	▲ 36%	violence
110	ThornerLS14 · 1,627 residents	27	–	criminal damage
111	BramhopeLS16 · 4,691 residents	23.9	▼ 7%	violence
112	BardseyLS17 · 1,785 residents	13.4	▼ 60%	theft
113	Pool in WharfedaleLS21 · 2,305 residents	12.1	–	other crime

Change compares the last three months with the three before. A dash means too few crimes to compare fairly.

Why busy centres look worst

Crimes are counted where they happen, but residents are counted where they live. Town centres and shopping areas have lots of shops, bars and visitors and not many residents, so their rates come out high even though most people there are just passing through.

How we work it out

Each area is a circle round its middle, the same as on its MeBabber page. We count the crimes police.uk records inside the circle over the last three months and turn that into a yearly figure, then divide by the number of people who live inside the circle, from the 2021 Census. Police locations are moved slightly on purpose to protect victims, so treat small differences between neighbouring areas with a pinch of salt.

Sources: data.police.uk and the Office for National Statistics, both under the Open Government Licence. Figures update every month.

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Questions people ask

Which areas of Leeds have the lowest crime?

Over June to August 2026, the areas with the fewest crimes per 1,000 residents were Pool in Wharfedale, Bardsey, Bramhope, Thorner and Barwick in Elmet.

Which areas of Leeds have the highest crime?

Leaving aside the big shopping and industrial areas, where visitors and workers push the figures up, the highest rates over June to August 2026 were in Lovell Park, Leeds, Hunslet, Burmantofts and Armley.

Is crime going up or down in Leeds?

Across Leeds, 27,375 crimes were recorded over June to August 2026, 1% more than the three months before.

How is crime per 1,000 residents worked out?

We count the crimes police.uk records inside each area, turn the last three months into a yearly figure, and divide by the number of people who live there from the 2021 Census.