Total Crime Rate

276.2 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 276.2 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 77.4 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 77.4 9/10
  • Drugs 33.2 10/10
  • Burglary 22.1 10/10
  • Other theft 16.6 9/10
  • Public order 16.6 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 16.6 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 5.5 8/10
  • Other crime 5.5 7/10
  • Robbery 5.5 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Burley Road area has the 10th highest crime rate of 114 local areas in Kirkstall , and the 220th highest crime rate of 2,526 local areas in Leeds .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Burley Road (LS4 2HY) in the last 12 months was 276.2 per 1,000 residents and was 85.3% higher than the Kirkstall average (149.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Criminal damage and arson with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 500.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 99.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 10.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Burley Road (LS4 2HY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Argie Terrace, where police recorded 112 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Back Greenhow Walk (26 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Burley Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Robbery Conference/Exhibition Centre Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Cross Evanston Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Village Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Village Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Village Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beechwood Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Village Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Back Greenhow Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Knowle Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Cross Evanston Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cross Evanston Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Cross Evanston Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Cross Evanston Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Cross Evanston Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Cross Evanston Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Village Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Cross Evanston Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Cross Evanston Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Cross Evanston Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Cross Evanston Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Haddon Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Haddon Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sowood Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sowood Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sowood Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Sowood Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Martin Terrace Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Martin Terrace
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Conference/Exhibition Centre Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Village Terrace Under investigation

Data Sources

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