Total Crime Rate
725.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Millwright Street area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 136 local areas in Burmantofts & Richmond Hill , and the 45th 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 Millwright Street (LS2 7QP) in the last 12 months was 725.8 per 1,000 residents and was 257.2% higher than the Burmantofts & Richmond Hill average (203.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 39 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -70.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 61 (≈ 246.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 45.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Millwright Street (LS2 7QP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Concord Street, where police recorded 84 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Supermarket (37 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Burmantofts & Richmond Hill| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Firth Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bell Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Thealby Lawn | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Thealby Lawn | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Thealby Lawn | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Mary'S Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | St Mary'S Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Macaulay Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bell Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Bell Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Mabgate Green | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cherry Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Leylands Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Leylands Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Concord Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Concord Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Concord Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Firth Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Cross Bell Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cherry Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Thealby Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Concord Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Playhouse Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Playhouse Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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