Total Crime Rate
1574.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
631.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Albion Street area has the 11th highest crime rate of 168 local areas in Hunslet & Riverside , and the 14th highest crime rate of 2,526 local areas in Leeds .
The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.
The overall crime rate in the area around Albion Street (LS1 5AA) in the last 12 months was 1574.5 per 1,000 residents and was 288.0% 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 64 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 2 cases , down -60.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -60.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 89 (≈ 631.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -67.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Albion Street (LS1 5AA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 837 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Duncan Street (412 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Leeds| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Pitt Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Duncan Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Duncan Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Duncan Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Duncan Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Duncan Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Duncan Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Duncan Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Duncan Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Duncan Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lower Basinghall Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Duncan Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Duncan Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Duncan Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Duncan Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Duncan Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Duncan Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Duncan Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Duncan Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Duncan Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lower Basinghall Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Duncan Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Duncan Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Croft'S Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Croft'S Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Croft'S Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Duncan Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Duncan Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Duncan Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Duncan Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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