Total Crime Rate
68.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
41.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Dalton Road area has the 23rd lowest crime rate of 168 local areas in Hunslet & Riverside , and the 1108th 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 Dalton Road (LS11 7NQ) in the last 12 months was 68.3 per 1,000 residents and was 83.2% 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 41.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 40.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -84.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Dalton Road (LS11 7NQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Back Cross Flatts Avenue, where police recorded 18 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cross Flatts Avenue (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Leeds| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wooler Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Preston Parade | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Stratford Avenue | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sefton Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sefton Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sefton Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sefton Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sefton Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park View | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parkfield View | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cross Flatts Mount | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park View | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Preston Parade | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barkly Parade | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Preston Parade | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Marsden Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Marsden Mount | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Barkly Parade | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Marsden Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Back Parkfield Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Firth Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Back Dalton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Barkly Terrace | Under investigation |
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