Total Crime Rate
239.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
168.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Windmill Approach area has the 57th highest crime rate of 168 local areas in Hunslet & Riverside , and the 316th highest crime rate of 2,526 local areas in Leeds .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Windmill Approach (LS10 3DR) in the last 12 months was 239.1 per 1,000 residents and was 41.1% 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 46 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -20.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 50 (≈ 168.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 6.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -78.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Windmill Approach (LS10 3DR), the main crime hotspot is near Windmill Approach. Police recorded 31 crimes here, including 22 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Windmill Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Orion Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Windmill Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Broom Cross | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Enterprise Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Enterprise Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Broom Cross | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Windmill Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Windmill Approach | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Windmill Approach | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Windmill Approach | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | East Grange Rise | Under investigation |
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