Total Crime Rate
158.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
96.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Fairfax Road area has the 71st lowest crime rate of 168 local areas in Hunslet & Riverside , and the 616th highest crime rate of 2,526 local areas in Leeds .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Fairfax Road (LS11 8SY) in the last 12 months was 158.1 per 1,000 residents and was 61.0% 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 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 28 (≈ 96.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 21.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -73.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Fairfax Road (LS11 8SY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Normanton Place, where police recorded 24 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Recreation Avenue (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Leeds| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Back Parkfield Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sefton Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park View | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park View | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Normanton Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Normanton Place | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Cranbrook Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sefton Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sefton Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barton Hill | 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 | Vehicle crime | St Luke'S Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hird Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hird Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | West Mount Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Dawson Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Middleton View | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | West Mount Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Normanton Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Malvern View | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Noster View | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Noster View | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Noster View | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Noster Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Noster Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Noster Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parkfield View | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Noster View | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fairfax Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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