Total Crime Rate
163.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
113.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Sefton Terrace area has the 76th lowest crime rate of 168 local areas in Hunslet & Riverside , and the 585th 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 Sefton Terrace (LS11 6LY) in the last 12 months was 163.9 per 1,000 residents and was 59.6% 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 36 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -80.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -80.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 41 (≈ 113.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -61.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Sefton Terrace (LS11 6LY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Malvern Grove, where police recorded 47 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Westbourne Avenue (27 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Leeds| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Middleton View | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Maud Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Coupland Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Flaxton Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Flaxton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Francis Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Stratford Avenue | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Back Stratford Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Harlech Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Harlech Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Harlech Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Maud Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Fulham Place | 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 | Other theft | Harlech Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Back Burlington Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Back Burlington Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brompton Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Colwyn View | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Colwyn View | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Colwyn View | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Colwyn Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Colwyn Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Stratford Terrace | Under investigation |
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