Total Crime Rate
1574.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
631.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026The Headrow 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 The Headrow (LS1 5RD) 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 The Headrow (LS1 5RD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 468 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (140 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Leeds| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Square South | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Square East | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Square East | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Square East | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Square East | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | East Parade | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | East Parade | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | East Parade | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | East Parade | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Square East | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Further/Higher Educational Building | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Park Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | King Charles Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Portland Gate | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | King Charles Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Square East | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Park Square East | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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