Total Crime Rate

3040.3 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

1604.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 3040.3 10/10
  • Violent crimes 1604.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 1295.3 10/10
  • Other theft 416.1 10/10
  • Theft from the person 261.7 10/10
  • Drugs 241.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 194.6 10/10
  • Public order 181.2 10/10
  • Robbery 100.7 10/10
  • Burglary 87.3 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 87.3 10/10
  • Shoplifting 80.5 9/10
  • Other crime 26.9 10/10
  • Possession of weapons 26.9 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 20.1 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 20.1 10/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

The Bourse area has the 5th highest crime rate of 168 local areas in Hunslet & Riverside , and the 6th 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 The Bourse (LS1 5EQ) in the last 12 months was 3040.3 per 1,000 residents and was 649.3% 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 193 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 3 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 239 (≈ 1604.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -79.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around The Bourse (LS1 5EQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 984 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.

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Crime Over Time in The Bourse area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Duncan Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Duncan Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Duncan Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Duncan Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Duncan Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Duncan Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Duncan Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Duncan Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Duncan Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Duncan Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Duncan Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Duncan Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Duncan Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Duncan Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Duncan Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Duncan Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Duncan Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Duncan Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Duncan Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Duncan Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Duncan Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lower Basinghall Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lower Basinghall Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Duncan Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Duncan Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Duncan Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Duncan Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Duncan Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Duncan Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Duncan Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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