Total Crime Rate
44.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
20.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hird Street area has the 15th lowest crime rate of 168 local areas in Hunslet & Riverside , and the 695th lowest crime rate of 2,526 local areas in Leeds .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Hird Street (LS11 6BH) in the last 12 months was 44.1 per 1,000 residents and was 89.1% 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 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violent crimes ( -12.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 20.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -91.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hird Street (LS11 6BH), the main crime hotspot is near Malvern Grove. Police recorded 47 crimes here, including 27 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Leeds| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Barton Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Coupland Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Lodge Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Lodge Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Lodge Lane | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Sunbeam Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Sycamore Fold | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Sycamore Fold | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Coupland Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Fulham Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fulham Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Fulham Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Westbourne Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Flaxton Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Back Tempest Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Flaxton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Stratford Avenue | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Back Stratford Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Back Stratford Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Stratford Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Stratford Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Stratford Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Maud Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Maud Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Maud Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Maud Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brompton Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Lodge Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Back Stratford Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Buckley Avenue | Under investigation |
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