Crime Rates at Boston Avenue, Leeds, LS5 3DL

Boston Avenue area has the 38th lowest crime rate of 130 local areas in Armley , and the 1234th highest crime rate of 2,526 local areas in Leeds .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Boston Avenue (LS5 3DL) in the last 12 months was 84.1 per 1,000 residents and was 59.3% lower than the Armley average (206.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -71.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 31.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -58.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -21.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Boston Avenue (LS5 3DL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Houghley Avenue, where police recorded 39 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Houghley Crescent (26 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.