Crime Rates at Recreation Avenue, Leeds, LS11 0AD

Recreation Avenue area has the 37th highest crime rate of 168 local areas in Hunslet & Riverside , and the 155th 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 Recreation Avenue (LS11 0AD) in the last 12 months was 334.6 per 1,000 residents and was 17.5% 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 48 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 57 (≈ 209.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 16.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -85.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Recreation Avenue (LS11 0AD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Top Moor Side, where police recorded 39 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Meynell Approach (22 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.