Total Crime Rate
3651.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
2013.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Riverside Court area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 168 local areas in Hunslet & Riverside , and the 4th 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 Riverside Court (LS1 7BU) in the last 12 months was 3651.3 per 1,000 residents and was 799.8% 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 244 offences recorded. The least common crime was Shoplifting with 2 cases , down -71.4% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 42.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -71.4% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 306 (≈ 2013.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( -0.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -67.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Riverside Court (LS1 7BU), the main crime hotspot is near Duncan Street. Police recorded 790 crimes here, including 412 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Leeds| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sovereign Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Central Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Duncan Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Central Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Central Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Central Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Central Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Central Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Central Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Central Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Central Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Central Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Central Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Duncan Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Central Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Central Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Central Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Central Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Central Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Central Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Central Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Central Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Central Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Central Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Central Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Duncan Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Duncan Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Central Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Duncan Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Duncan Street | Under investigation |
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