Total Crime Rate
751.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
380.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Burley Road area has the highest crime rate of 114 local areas in Kirkstall , and the 35th 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 Burley Road (LS4 2LA) in the last 12 months was 751.1 per 1,000 residents and was 452.7% higher 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 53 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 Shoplifting ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -28.6% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 84 (≈ 380.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 2.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -67.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Burley Road (LS4 2LA), the main crime hotspot is near Back Greenhow Walk. Police recorded 61 crimes here, including 26 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 | Other theft | Village Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Village Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Village Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Village Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vinery Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | St Matthias' Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Vinery Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lennox Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beechwood View | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lennox Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Back Greenhow Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Back Greenhow Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Back Greenhow Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Back Greenhow Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Back Greenhow Walk | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Lennox Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Park View Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vinery Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Broadway Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Vinery Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cross Burley Lodge Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Walter Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vinery Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Vinery Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Village Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Back Harold Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Greenhow Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Vinery Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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