Total Crime Rate

134.9 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 134.9 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 47.3 8/10
  • Other theft 29.0 10/10
  • Theft from the person 19.8 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 6.9 8/10
  • Burglary 6.1 6/10
  • Public order 5.3 5/10
  • Shoplifting 5.3 4/10
  • Robbery 4.6 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.8 2/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.8 3/10
  • Drugs 1.5 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.8 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.8 1/10
  • Other crime 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

Tower House Street area has the 60th lowest crime rate of 170 local areas in Hunslet & Riverside , and the 755th highest crime rate of 2,526 local areas in Leeds .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Tower House Street (LS2 8NT) in the last 12 months was 134.9 per 1,000 residents and was 67.5% 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 62 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 76 (≈ 57.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -29.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 89.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Tower House Street (LS2 8NT), the main crime hotspot is near Theatre/Concert Hall. Police recorded 413 crimes here, including 153 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Tower House Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Queen Square Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sports/Recreation Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Jacob Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Jacob Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Jacob Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Jacob Street
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Brunswick Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Brunswick Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Brunswick Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Brunswick Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Belgrave Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Theatre/Concert Hall Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Sports/Recreation Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cross Belgrave Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wade Lane
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Merrion Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Merrion Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Merrion Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Merrion Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Merrion Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Merrion Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Cross Belgrave Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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