Crime Rates at Templar Street, Leeds, LS2 7NU

Templar Street area has the 33rd highest crime rate of 170 local areas in Hunslet & Riverside , and the 134th 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 364.9 per 1,000 residents and was 12.2% lower than the Hunslet & Riverside average (415.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 208 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 6 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 48.6% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -51.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 293 (≈ 173.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -3.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -70.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Templar Street (LS2 7NU), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 1074 crimes here, including 268 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.