Total Crime Rate
309.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
139.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Dortmund Square 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 Dortmund Square (LS2 8RE) 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 Dortmund Square (LS2 8RE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 813 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Duncan Street (412 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Leeds| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Russell Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Jacob Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lower Basinghall Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lower Basinghall Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lower Basinghall Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lower Basinghall Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lower Basinghall Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Duncan Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Duncan Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Lower Basinghall Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Duncan Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Duncan Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Duncan Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Duncan Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Duncan Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Duncan Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Duncan Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lower Basinghall Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Lower Basinghall Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Duncan Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lower Basinghall Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Lower Basinghall Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lower Basinghall Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lower Basinghall Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lower Basinghall Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lower Basinghall Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lower Basinghall Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lower Basinghall Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lower Basinghall Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lower Basinghall Street | Awaiting court outcome |
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