Total Crime Rate

79.3 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

49.1 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 79.3 7/10
  • Violent crimes 49.1 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 41.5 8/10
  • Burglary 7.6 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.6 6/10
  • Public order 7.6 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.6 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.8 2/10
  • Theft from the person 3.8 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Recreation 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.

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Crime Over Time in Recreation View area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Tilbury Terrace Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Runswick Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Pleasant Mount Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Recreation Mount Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Recreation Mount Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Recreation Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Recreation Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Recreation Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Recreation View Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Pleasant Place
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Shafton Street
Apr 2026Other crime Recreation Row Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Pleasant Mount Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Recreation Row Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Recreation Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Recreation Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Recreation Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Cleveleys Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Robbery Crosby Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Cleveleys Terrace Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cleveleys Mount Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Cleveleys Mount Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Cleveleys Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Pleasant Mount Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Crosby Terrace Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Colenso Mount Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Robbery Malvern View Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Normanton Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Barton Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Meynell Approach Under investigation

Data Sources

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