Total Crime Rate
114.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
41.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Harold Avenue area has the 17th highest crime rate of 45 local areas in Headingley & Hyde Park , and the 900th 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 Harold Avenue (LS6 1JR) in the last 12 months was 114.2 per 1,000 residents and was 27.0% higher than the Headingley & Hyde Park average (90.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 41.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -71.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Harold Avenue (LS6 1JR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Royal Park Road, where police recorded 42 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Chiswick Street (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Leeds| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Welton Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Carberry Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | The Maltings | 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 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Back Brudenell Mount | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Norwood Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Hessle Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Beamsley Mount | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | William Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Brudenell Mount | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Beamsley Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Autumn Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | King'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Back Beamsley Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Chiswick Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Thornville Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Back Brudenell Mount | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chiswick Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chiswick Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thornville Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chiswick Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chiswick Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Chiswick Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Back Brudenell Mount | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Chiswick Street | Under investigation |
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