Crime Rate in Beeston & Holbeck, ward

Beeston & Holbeck has the 6th highest crime rate of 33 wards in Leeds district and the 444th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (Yorkshire and The Humber), it has the 35th highest crime rate of 410 wards.

The overall crime rate in Beeston & Holbeck in the last 12 months was 173.1 per 1,000 residents and was 29.8% higher than the Leeds district average (133.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Beeston & Holbeck’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 1,981 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 27 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 4.5% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -40.2% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 2,678 (≈ 89.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -2.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -26.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Beeston & Holbeck ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Millshaw Road, with 687 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Police Station (415 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.