Total Crime Rate
231.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
104.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Sunbeam Avenue area has the 63rd highest crime rate of 168 local areas in Hunslet & Riverside , and the 339th 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 Sunbeam Avenue (LS11 6BU) in the last 12 months was 231.8 per 1,000 residents and was 42.9% 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 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -40.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 33 (≈ 104.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -13.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -63.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Sunbeam Avenue (LS11 6BU), 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Middleton View | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Waverley Garth | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Back Stratford Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Back Stratford Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Back Stratford Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Stratford Avenue | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Francis Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Waverley Garth | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Flaxton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Stratford Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Folly Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Flaxton Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Coupland Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Westbourne Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Fulham Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fulham Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Fulham Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Stratford Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Stratford Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Sycamore Fold | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Colwyn View | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clovelly Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Clovelly Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Trentham Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bude Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Bude Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Stratford Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Colwyn Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Colwyn View | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Maud Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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