Crime Rates at Wellington Street, Leeds, LS1 4JF

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 4JF) 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 4JF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Lower Basinghall Street, where police recorded 265 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Park Square East (101 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.