Total Crime Rate
309.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
139.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026The Headrow area has the 41st highest crime rate of 168 local areas in Hunslet & Riverside , and the 185th 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 6LP) in the last 12 months was 309.8 per 1,000 residents and was 23.6% lower 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 171 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 3 cases , down -25.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 30.8% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -37.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 235 (≈ 139.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -84.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around The Headrow (LS1 6LP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 1097 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Nightclub (413 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Leeds| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Duncan Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Central Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Central Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Central Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Central Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Central Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Central Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Central Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Duncan Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Central Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Duncan Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Central Road | Under investigation |
| 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 | 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 | Other crime | Central Road | 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 | Theft from the person | Duncan Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | 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 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Duncan Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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