Total Crime Rate
1773.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
837.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Woodhouse Lane area has the 10th highest crime rate of 168 local areas in Hunslet & Riverside , and the 13th highest crime rate of 2,526 local areas in Leeds .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Woodhouse Lane (LS1 3HQ) in the last 12 months was 1773.0 per 1,000 residents and was 336.9% 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 121 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -42.9% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 155 (≈ 837.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 3.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -74.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Woodhouse Lane (LS1 3HQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 493 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Theatre/Concert Hall (174 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Leeds| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Merrion Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Bedford Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bedford Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bedford Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Nightclub | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Merrion Way | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Merrion Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Merrion Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Merrion Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | South Parade | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Nightclub | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Albion Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Nightclub | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Upper Basinghall Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Merrion Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Merrion Way | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Merrion Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Albion Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Albion Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Portland Crescent | Under investigation |
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