Total Crime Rate
154.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
103.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hawkshead Crescent area has the 28th highest crime rate of 60 local areas in Killingbeck & Seacroft , and the 635th 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 Hawkshead Crescent (LS14 6DE) in the last 12 months was 154.6 per 1,000 residents and was 11.0% lower than the Killingbeck & Seacroft average (173.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 41 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 50 (≈ 103.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -27.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -66.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hawkshead Crescent (LS14 6DE), the main crime hotspot is near Borrowdale Terrace. Police recorded 54 crimes here, including 35 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Leeds| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Skelwith Approach | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Moresdale Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | South Parkway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | South Parkway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | South Parkway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | South Parkway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Foundry Mill Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | South Parkway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Blencarn View | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Skelwith Approach | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ironwood Approach | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Ironwood Approach | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Moresdale Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Moresdale Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Moresdale Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Tarnside Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Foundry Mill Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Tarnside Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tarnside Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tarnside Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ironwood View | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hawkshead Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hawkshead Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mardale Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mardale Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mardale Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Phoenix Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Phoenix Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mardale Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Skelwith Approach | Under investigation |
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