Total Crime Rate

249.1 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 249.1 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 74.7 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 39.2 9/10
  • Public order 35.6 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 24.9 10/10
  • Other crime 21.4 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 17.8 9/10
  • Other theft 10.7 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 10.7 10/10
  • Burglary 7.1 7/10
  • Drugs 7.1 7/10
  • Bicycle 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

Butcher Hill area has the 12th highest crime rate of 114 local areas in Kirkstall , and the 276th 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 Butcher Hill (LS18 4HN) in the last 12 months was 249.1 per 1,000 residents and was 67.1% higher than the Kirkstall average (149.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -36.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 34 (≈ 121.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -67.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Butcher Hill (LS18 4HN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Cornmill View, where police recorded 38 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cragside Close (30 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Butcher Hill area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (4/4)
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MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hawkswood Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cornmill View Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Cornmill View Under investigation
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Data Sources

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