Total Crime Rate

280.7 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 280.7 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 84.2 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 77.2 10/10
  • Burglary 24.6 10/10
  • Drugs 24.6 10/10
  • Other theft 21.1 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 14.0 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.5 5/10
  • Theft from the person 10.5 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 7.0 8/10
  • Other crime 3.5 4/10
  • Public order 3.5 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Sandlewood Close area has the 45th highest crime rate of 170 local areas in Hunslet & Riverside , and the 211th highest crime rate of 2,526 local areas in Leeds .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Sandlewood Close (LS11 9QH) in the last 12 months was 280.7 per 1,000 residents and was 32.4% 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 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 87.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 38.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -56.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Sandlewood Close (LS11 9QH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Holbeck Moor Road, where police recorded 28 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Murray Crescent (22 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Sandlewood Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Meynell Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Meadow Croft Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Colville Terrace Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Murray Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Murray Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Murray Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Cambrian Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Jenkinson Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Jenkinson Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Jenkinson Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Jenkinson Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Nineveh Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Drugs Nineveh Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Nineveh Parade Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Sandlewood Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Meadow Croft Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cambrian Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Sandlewood Green Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Sandlewood Green Further action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Sandlewood Green Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Holbeck Moor Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Holbeck Moor Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Temple Garth Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Lane End Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Lane End Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime St Luke'S Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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