Total Crime Rate

80.9 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

21.3 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 80.9 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 51.1 10/10
  • Violent crimes 21.3 4/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 17.0 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.3 4/10
  • Other theft 4.3 4/10
  • Public order 4.3 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Highbury Road area has the 48th highest crime rate of 114 local areas in Kirkstall , and the 1256th highest crime rate of 2,526 local areas in Leeds .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Highbury Road (LS6 4EX) in the last 12 months was 80.9 per 1,000 residents and was 40.5% lower than the Kirkstall average (135.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Vehicle crime with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 21.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -28.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -78.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Highbury Road (LS6 4EX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Gordon Drive, where police recorded 34 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Woodland Park Road (22 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Highbury Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (16/16)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Burglary Monk Bridge Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Back Heddon Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Gordon View Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Brookfield Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Green Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Mill Pond Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Gordon Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Gordon Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Gordon Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Gordon Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Gordon Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Gordon Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Back Woodbine Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Back Woodland Park Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Woodland Park Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Woodland Park Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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