Total Crime Rate
197.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
128.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Broadway area has the 17th highest crime rate of 114 local areas in Kirkstall , and the 431st highest crime rate of 2,526 local areas in Leeds .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Broadway (LS5 3PR) in the last 12 months was 197.8 per 1,000 residents and was 45.5% 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 42 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -40.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 46 (≈ 128.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -70.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Broadway (LS5 3PR), the main crime hotspot is near Cragside Close. Police recorded 24 crimes here, including 20 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Kirkstall| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cragside Walk | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Abbeydale Garth | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hawkswood Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cragside Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Woodhall Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Abbeydale Oval | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Abbeydale Oval | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Abbeydale Oval | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hawkswood Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hawkswood Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Abbeydale Garth | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cross Lea Farm Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Abbeydale Garth | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Abbeydale Garth | Under investigation |
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