Total Crime Rate

104.0 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 104.0 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 47.0 8/10
  • Other theft 13.4 9/10
  • Public order 10.1 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.1 8/10
  • Burglary 6.7 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.4 2/10
  • Drugs 3.4 3/10
  • Other crime 3.4 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.4 5/10
  • Robbery 3.4 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
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

Mafeking Avenue area has the 42nd lowest crime rate of 170 local areas in Hunslet & Riverside , and the 1005th 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 Mafeking Avenue (LS11 7BZ) in the last 12 months was 104.0 per 1,000 residents and was 75.0% lower than the Hunslet & Riverside average (415.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 63.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 19.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Mafeking Avenue (LS11 7BZ), the main crime hotspot is near Back Mafeking Mount. Police recorded 34 crimes here, including 20 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Mafeking Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (16/16)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parkside Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Barkly Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Back Cross Flatts Mount Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Cross Flatts Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Back Cross Flatts Avenue —
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Back Cross Flatts Mount Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Robb Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Theodore Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Back Cross Flatts Mount Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Barkly Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Allenby View —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Back Mafeking Mount Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Atha Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Parkside Parade Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Atha Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Barkly Drive Under investigation
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Data Sources

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