Total Crime Rate
371.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
122.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Claremont Avenue area has the 4th highest crime rate of 23 local areas in Little London & Woodhouse , and the 129th 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 Claremont Avenue (LS3 1AT) in the last 12 months was 371.3 per 1,000 residents and was 52.6% higher than the Little London & Woodhouse average (243.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Vehicle crime with 29 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -40.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 41 (≈ 122.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -71.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Claremont Avenue (LS3 1AT), the main crime hotspot is near Rutland Mount. Police recorded 420 crimes here, including 21 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 | Shoplifting | Rutland Mount | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Marlborough Towers | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Rutland Mount | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Rutland Mount | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Rutland Mount | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Rutland Mount | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Rutland Mount | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Rutland Mount | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Rutland Mount | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Rutland Mount | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Rutland Mount | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Rutland Mount | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hanover Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Rutland Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Rutland Mount | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Rutland Mount | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Marlborough Towers | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Duncombe Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | West Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Back Claremont Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Claremont Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Inner Ring Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Inner Ring Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Inner Ring Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Inner Ring Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Inner Ring Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | A58(M) | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Belmont Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Rutland Mount | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Rutland Mount | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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