Total Crime Rate

200.7 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 200.7 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 59.5 9/10
  • Shoplifting 52.0 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 14.9 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 14.9 8/10
  • Other crime 14.9 10/10
  • Public order 14.9 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 7.4 9/10
  • Theft from the person 7.4 8/10
  • Burglary 3.7 4/10
  • Other theft 3.7 4/10
  • Robbery 3.7 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.7 3/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Howden Gardens area has the 4th highest crime rate of 46 local areas in Headingley & Hyde Park , 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 Howden Gardens (LS6 1SH) in the last 12 months was 200.7 per 1,000 residents and was 130.2% higher than the Headingley & Hyde Park average (87.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 78.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -5.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Howden Gardens (LS6 1SH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Westfield Terrace, where police recorded 58 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Back Boundary Terrace (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Howden Gardens area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other crime Beamsley Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Hyde Park Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences King'S Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Back Regent Terrace Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Back Regent Terrace Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Rillbank Street
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Rillbank Street
Sep 2025Other theft Rillbank Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rillbank Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Hill Top Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hill Top Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hill Top Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Royal Park View
Sep 2025Drugs Woodsley Green Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Woodsley Green Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Woodsley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Howden Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Woodsley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Willow Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Willow Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Back Burley Lodge Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Burley Lodge Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Back Boundary Terrace
Sep 2025Other theft Back Boundary Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Back Boundary Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Westfield Terrace
Sep 2025Other theft Westfield Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Westfield Terrace Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Westfield Terrace Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rosebank Gardens Under investigation

Data Sources

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