Total Crime Rate

191.0 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 191.0 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 137.3 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 17.9 9/10
  • Public order 11.9 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.0 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.0 3/10
  • Burglary 3.0 2/10
  • Drugs 3.0 2/10
  • Other crime 3.0 3/10
  • Other theft 3.0 2/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Broadway area has the 22nd highest crime rate of 114 local areas in Kirkstall , and the 462nd 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 3PS) in the last 12 months was 191.0 per 1,000 residents and was 28.2% 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 46 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 50 (≈ 149.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -23.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -37.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Broadway (LS5 3PS), the main crime hotspot is near Cragside Close. Police recorded 37 crimes here, including 30 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Broadway area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cragside Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cragside Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lea Farm Mount Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cragside Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cragside Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cragside Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hawkswood Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cragside Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cragside Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Cragside Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cragside Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cragside Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lea Farm Mount Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cragside Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cragside Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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