Total Crime Rate

207.1 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 207.1 9/10
  • Shoplifting 60.7 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 46.4 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 21.4 8/10
  • Public order 21.4 9/10
  • Other theft 17.9 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.7 7/10
  • Drugs 7.1 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.6 5/10
  • Burglary 3.6 4/10
  • Other crime 3.6 5/10
  • Robbery 3.6 5/10
  • Theft from the person 3.6 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.6 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Riverside Way area has the 70th highest crime rate of 170 local areas in Hunslet & Riverside , and the 410th 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 Riverside Way (LS1 4EG) in the last 12 months was 207.1 per 1,000 residents and was 50.1% lower than the Hunslet & Riverside average (415.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -87.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 71.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 12.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Riverside Way (LS1 4EG), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 72 crimes here, including 28 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Riverside Way area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/39)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cropper Gate Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Queen Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bath Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Saw Mill Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Queen Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Queen Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Queen Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bath Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Queen Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Queen Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Grove Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Cropper Gate Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cropper Gate Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cropper Gate Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bath Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Bath Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Cropper Gate Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Riverside Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Queen Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Whitehall Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Whitehall Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Whitehall Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Whitehall Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Whitehall Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Whitehall Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Riverside Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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