Total Crime Rate

514.7 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 514.7 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 192.2 10/10
  • Burglary 42.4 10/10
  • Other theft 42.4 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 42.4 10/10
  • Public order 39.1 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 35.8 9/10
  • Theft from the person 26.1 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 22.8 9/10
  • Other crime 22.8 10/10
  • Possession of weapons 22.8 10/10
  • Drugs 9.8 8/10
  • Robbery 9.8 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 6.5 8/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Sardinia Street area has the 25th highest crime rate of 170 local areas in Hunslet & Riverside , and the 71st highest crime rate of 2,526 local areas in Leeds .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Sardinia Street (LS10 1BH) in the last 12 months was 514.7 per 1,000 residents and was 23.9% 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 59 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 133.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 81 (≈ 263.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 11.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -18.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Sardinia Street (LS10 1BH), the main crime hotspot is near Leathley Road. Police recorded 39 crimes here, including 20 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Sardinia Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Gardeners Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs St Helens Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Hillidge Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Leathley Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hillidge Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Hillidge Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hudswell Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Helens Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Helens Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Helens Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Penny Lane Way Local resolution
Sep 2025Public order Elmtree Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Gardeners Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Leathley Road
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Gardeners Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Gardeners Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hillidge Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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