Total Crime Rate

140.2 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

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 140.2 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 65.0 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 16.3 9/10
  • Other crime 12.2 10/10
  • Public order 12.2 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.1 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.1 7/10
  • Drugs 6.1 6/10
  • Robbery 6.1 7/10
  • Burglary 4.1 5/10
  • Theft from the person 2.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • 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

The Oval area has the 64th lowest crime rate of 170 local areas in Hunslet & Riverside , and the 731st highest crime rate of 2,526 local areas in Leeds .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around The Oval (LS10 2AT) in the last 12 months was 140.2 per 1,000 residents and was 66.2% 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 32 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 41 (≈ 83.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 24.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -62.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around The Oval (LS10 2AT), the main crime hotspot is near Gardeners Court. Police recorded 38 crimes here, including 16 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in The Oval area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (14/14)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Hillidge Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Gardeners Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Whitfield Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Whitfield Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Joseph Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Gardeners Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Gardeners Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Prosper Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Gardeners Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Elmtree Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Penny Lane Way Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hillidge Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Hillidge Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hillidge Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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