Total Crime Rate
194.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
64.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Ash Crescent area has the 7th highest crime rate of 45 local areas in Headingley & Hyde Park , and the 447th 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 Ash Crescent (LS6 3LE) in the last 12 months was 194.5 per 1,000 residents and was 116.3% 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 Vehicle crime with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -57.1% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 64.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -67.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ash Crescent (LS6 3LE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 43 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Sports/Recreation Area (17 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 | St Michael'S Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chapel Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beckett'S Park Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Beckett'S Park Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Greyshiels Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Beckett'S Park Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | The Turnways | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Greyshiels Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Grimthorpe Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chapel Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Derwentwater Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Headingley Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Headingley Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ash Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | South Parade | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | South Parade | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | North Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | North Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Sports/Recreation Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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