Total Crime Rate
661.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Haddon Avenue area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 114 local areas in Kirkstall , and the 51st 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 Haddon Avenue (LS4 2JF) in the last 12 months was 661.7 per 1,000 residents and was 343.9% higher than the Kirkstall average (149.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 67 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 3 cases , up 50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 242.9% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -29.2% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 96 (≈ 238.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -52.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Haddon Avenue (LS4 2JF), 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.
View Crime In Kirkstall| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Greenhow Walk | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Cross Evanston Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Knowle Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Cross Evanston Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cross Evanston Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Cross Evanston Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Cross Evanston Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Cross Evanston Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Cross Evanston Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Haddon Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Haddon Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Cross Evanston Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sowood Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sowood Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sowood Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Cross Evanston Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Cross Evanston Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Cross Evanston Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Martin Terrace | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Martin Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Cross Evanston Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Sowood Street | Under investigation |
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