Total Crime Rate
322.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
164.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Lime Drive area has the 17th highest crime rate of 136 local areas in Burmantofts & Richmond Hill , and the 171st 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 Lime Drive (LS14 6GR) in the last 12 months was 322.6 per 1,000 residents and was 64.2% higher than the Burmantofts & Richmond Hill average (196.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 37 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 51 (≈ 164.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -24.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lime Drive (LS14 6GR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 90 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Foundry Lane (36 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Leeds| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Killingbeck Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chestnut Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Foundry Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Foundry Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Foundry Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chestnut Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Lilac Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Killingbeck Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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