Crime Rates at Dewsbury Road, Leeds, LS11 5HN

Dewsbury Road area has the 35th highest crime rate of 168 local areas in Hunslet & Riverside , and the 145th 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 Dewsbury Road (LS11 5HN) in the last 12 months was 346.2 per 1,000 residents and was 14.7% 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 51 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -30.8% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 70 (≈ 192.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -48.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Dewsbury Road (LS11 5HN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 144 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Supermarket (39 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.