Total Crime Rate
2210.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
1102.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Park Place area has the 7th highest crime rate of 168 local areas in Hunslet & Riverside , and the 9th 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 Park Place (LS1 2SP) in the last 12 months was 2210.8 per 1,000 residents and was 444.8% higher than the Hunslet & Riverside average (405.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 151 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 7 cases , down -12.5% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 68.8% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -27.4% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 225 (≈ 1102.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -30.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Park Place (LS1 2SP), the main crime hotspot is near Hospital. Police recorded 242 crimes here, including 168 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Leeds| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Whitehall Quay | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Nightclub | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Park Square East | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Park Square East | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitehall Quay | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Oxford Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Oxford Row | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oxford Row | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oxford Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Further/Higher Educational Building | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Further/Higher Educational Building | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Hospital | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Park Square East | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Central Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Hospital | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hospital | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Britannia Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Britannia Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Britannia Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Britannia Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Square East | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Britannia Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Park Square East | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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