Total Crime Rate
17.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
3.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Chestnut Grove area has the lowest crime rate of 45 local areas in Headingley & Hyde Park , and the 191st lowest crime rate of 2,526 local areas in Leeds .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Chestnut Grove (LS6 1BB) in the last 12 months was 17.4 per 1,000 residents and was 80.7% lower than the Headingley & Hyde Park average (90.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Vehicle crime with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 3.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -68.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Chestnut Grove (LS6 1BB), the main crime hotspot is near Royal Park Road. Police recorded 42 crimes here, including 19 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 | Bicycle theft | Back Ash Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Welton Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Back Brudenell Mount | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elizabeth Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Brudenell Mount | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Brudenell Mount | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Brudenell Mount | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Richmond Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Back Brudenell Mount | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Back Brudenell Mount | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Ebberston Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Back Ash Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Brudenell Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Brudenell Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brudenell Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Headingley Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Headingley Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Royal Park Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Royal Park Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Royal Park Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | William Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Back Brudenell Mount | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ash Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Wrangthorn Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ebberston Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Norwood Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Royal Park View | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Hessle Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Walmsley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashwood Villas | Under investigation |
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