Total Crime Rate
309.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
139.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Templar Street area has the 41st highest crime rate of 168 local areas in Hunslet & Riverside , and the 185th 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 Templar Street (LS2 7NU) in the last 12 months was 309.8 per 1,000 residents and was 23.6% lower than the Hunslet & Riverside average (405.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 171 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 3 cases , down -25.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 30.8% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -37.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 235 (≈ 139.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -84.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Templar Street (LS2 7NU), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 1121 crimes here, including 244 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Lady Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Theatre/Concert Hall | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Theatre/Concert Hall | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Theatre/Concert Hall | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Theatre/Concert Hall | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Theatre/Concert Hall | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Theatre/Concert Hall | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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