Crime Rates at Wellington Street, Leeds, LS1 2EE

Wellington Street area has the 11th highest crime rate of 170 local areas in Hunslet & Riverside , and the 15th highest crime rate of 2,526 local areas in Leeds .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Wellington Street (LS1 2EE) in the last 12 months was 1610.5 per 1,000 residents and was 287.7% higher than the Hunslet & Riverside average (415.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 42 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -58.8% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 61 (≈ 642.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -3.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 51.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wellington Street (LS1 2EE), the main crime hotspot is near Park Square East. Police recorded 179 crimes here, including 101 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.