Total Crime Rate

1270.2 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 1270.2 10/10
  • Shoplifting 496.7 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 224.4 10/10
  • Public order 113.3 10/10
  • Other theft 98.0 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 58.8 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 56.6 10/10
  • Burglary 47.9 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 43.6 9/10
  • Robbery 30.5 10/10
  • Drugs 28.3 10/10
  • Other crime 26.1 10/10
  • Theft from the person 17.4 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 15.3 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 13.1 10/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Water Lane area has the 13th highest crime rate of 170 local areas in Hunslet & Riverside , and the 18th 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 Water Lane (LS11 5QB) in the last 12 months was 1270.2 per 1,000 residents and was 205.8% higher than the Hunslet & Riverside average (415.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 228 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 6 cases , up 50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 114.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -57.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 176 (≈ 383.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 16.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -41.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Water Lane (LS11 5QB), the main crime hotspot is near Mill Hill. Police recorded 450 crimes here, including 145 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Water Lane area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/70)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Mill Hill —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area —
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Other theft Neville Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Little Neville Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Little Neville Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Canal Wharf —
Sep 2025Public order Meadow Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Ingram Row Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Meadow Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Mill Hill Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mill Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mill Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Mill Hill Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Mill Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Mill Hill Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Mill Hill Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Mill Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Apex View —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Mill Hill Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Mill Hill Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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