Total Crime Rate

154.8 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 154.8 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 79.4 9/10
  • Burglary 19.8 10/10
  • Drugs 11.9 9/10
  • Public order 11.9 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 7.9 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.9 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.9 7/10
  • Other crime 4.0 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.0 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Gaitskell Walk area has the 75th lowest crime rate of 170 local areas in Hunslet & Riverside , and the 638th 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 Gaitskell Walk (LS11 9QU) in the last 12 months was 154.8 per 1,000 residents and was 62.7% 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 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -71.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 95.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -70.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Gaitskell Walk (LS11 9QU), the main crime hotspot is near Meynell Approach. Police recorded 42 crimes here, including 33 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Gaitskell Walk area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Meynell Approach Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Meynell Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Nineveh Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Nineveh Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Jenkinson Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Jenkinson Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Jenkinson Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Jenkinson Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Murray Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Sandlewood Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Murray Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Murray Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bath Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Meynell Approach Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Meynell Approach Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Meynell Approach Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Nineveh Parade Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Bath Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bath Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Bertrand Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Top Moor Side Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Top Moor Side Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Top Moor Side Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Top Moor Side Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Top Moor Side Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Bertrand Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Temple Garth Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Bath Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Holbeck Moor Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Holbeck Moor Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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