Total Crime Rate
73.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
43.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Kirkstall Road area has the 53rd highest crime rate of 114 local areas in Kirkstall , and the 1166th lowest crime rate of 2,526 local areas in Leeds .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Kirkstall Road (LS4 2AG) in the last 12 months was 73.2 per 1,000 residents and was 46.1% lower than the Kirkstall average (135.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 50.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 43.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -61.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Kirkstall Road (LS4 2AG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 44 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Chiswick Street (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Leeds| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Chiswick Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Willow Approach | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Viaduct Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Autumn Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Autumn Place | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Autumn Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Autumn Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chiswick Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chiswick Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chiswick Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chiswick Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Chiswick Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Chiswick Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Willow Approach | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Chiswick Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chiswick Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Chiswick Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Willow Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Washington Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Carberry Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cross Burley Lodge Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Chiswick Street | Under investigation |
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