Total Crime Rate
787.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Gotts Road area has the 18th highest crime rate of 170 local areas in Hunslet & Riverside , and the 38th 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 Gotts Road (LS12 1DW) in the last 12 months was 787.7 per 1,000 residents and was 89.6% higher 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 56 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 160.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 73 (≈ 224.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 14.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -29.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Gotts Road (LS12 1DW), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 85 crimes here, including 25 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Hunslet & Riverside| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Graingers Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Whitehall | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitehall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitehall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitehall | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Canal Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Sutton Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Graingers Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Graingers Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Whitehall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Graingers Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Graingers Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Gotts Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Gotts Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Gotts Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | West Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Bingley Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Whitehall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gotts Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Parking Area | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | West Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | West Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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