Total Crime Rate

46.9 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 46.9 5/10
  • Drugs 15.6 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 15.6 4/10
  • Burglary 5.2 6/10
  • Other theft 5.2 5/10
  • Public order 5.2 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Bowman Lane area has the 17th lowest crime rate of 170 local areas in Hunslet & Riverside , and the 736th lowest crime rate of 2,526 local areas in Leeds .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Bowman Lane (LS10 1HG) in the last 12 months was 46.9 per 1,000 residents and was 88.7% lower 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 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 20.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 300.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -14.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bowman Lane (LS10 1HG), the main crime hotspot is near Leeds Coach Station. Police recorded 365 crimes here, including 173 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Bowman Lane area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/177)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Brussels Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Brussels Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Duke Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Duke Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Duke Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Duke Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Brussels Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brussels Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brussels Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Brick Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Other crime Brick Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Chadwick Street —
Sep 2025Other theft Chadwick Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Chadwick Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Waterloo Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Chantrell Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft High Court Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft High Court Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime St Peter'S Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft High Court Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs High Court Lane Local resolution
Sep 2025Drugs Chantrell Court Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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