Crime Rates at The Headrow, Leeds, LS1 5RD

The Headrow area has the 12th highest crime rate of 170 local areas in Hunslet & Riverside , and the 16th 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 1531.9 per 1,000 residents and was 268.8% 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 73 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -59.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 103 (≈ 730.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 51.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -32.8% 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 491 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (157 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.