Total Crime Rate
79.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
49.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Recreation View area has the 25th lowest crime rate of 168 local areas in Hunslet & Riverside , and the 1249th lowest crime rate of 2,526 local areas in Leeds .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Recreation View (LS11 0AP) in the last 12 months was 79.3 per 1,000 residents and was 80.5% 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -26.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 49.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -23.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -70.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Recreation View (LS11 0AP), 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.
View Crime In Leeds| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tilbury Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Runswick Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Pleasant Mount | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Recreation Mount | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Recreation Mount | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Recreation Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Recreation Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Recreation Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Recreation View | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pleasant Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shafton Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Recreation Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Pleasant Mount | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Recreation Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Recreation Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Recreation Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Recreation Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cleveleys Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Crosby Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Cleveleys Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cleveleys Mount | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cleveleys Mount | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Cleveleys Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Pleasant Mount | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Crosby Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Colenso Mount | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Malvern View | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Normanton Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Barton Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Meynell Approach | Under investigation |
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