Total Crime Rate

425.3 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

230.5 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 425.3 10/10
  • Violent crimes 230.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 168.8 10/10
  • Shoplifting 48.7 8/10
  • Public order 39.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 29.2 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 29.2 10/10
  • Drugs 22.7 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 22.7 10/10
  • Robbery 16.2 10/10
  • Burglary 13.0 9/10
  • Other crime 13.0 10/10
  • Other theft 13.0 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 6.5 9/10
  • Theft from the person 3.3 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Durban Crescent area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 27 local areas in Beeston & Holbeck , and the 99th highest crime rate of 2,526 local areas in Leeds .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Durban Crescent (LS11 8AD) in the last 12 months was 425.3 per 1,000 residents and was 144.2% higher than the Beeston & Holbeck average (174.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 52 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 71 (≈ 230.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 34.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -68.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Durban Crescent (LS11 8AD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 58 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Wesley Approach (31 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Durban Crescent area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Other theft Wesley Green Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Durban Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cross Flatts Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cross Flatts Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Cross Flatts Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Grovehall Parade Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Jessamine Avenue
Apr 2026Public order Back Cross Flatts Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Back Cross Flatts Row Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Back Cross Flatts Row Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Wooler Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Durban Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Wooler Street
Apr 2026Public order Durban Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Moorhouse Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Moorhouse Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Moorhouse Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Moorhouse Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Moorhouse Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Moorhouse Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Moorhouse Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Wesley Approach
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wesley Green Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Supermarket Under investigation

Data Sources

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