Total Crime Rate
305.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
195.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Ring Road area has the 8th highest crime rate of 114 local areas in Kirkstall , and the 190th highest crime rate of 2,526 local areas in Leeds .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Ring Road (LS16 6EB) in the last 12 months was 305.0 per 1,000 residents and was 124.4% higher than the Kirkstall average (135.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 33 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 39 (≈ 195.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -15.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 108.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ring Road (LS16 6EB), the main crime hotspot is near Clayton Grange. Police recorded 49 crimes here, including 31 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 | Fillingfir Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Latchmere View | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Latchmere View | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clayton Grange | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clayton Grange | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Latchmere Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Clayton Grange | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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