Total Crime Rate
86.4 per 1,000
All offences · Apr 2025 - Mar 2026Violent Crime Rate
47.4 per 1,000
Apr 2025 - Mar 2026Mexborough Avenue area has the 69th lowest crime rate of 166 local areas in Chapel Allerton , and the 1184th highest crime rate of 2,525 local areas in Leeds .
The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.
The overall crime rate in the area around Mexborough Avenue (LS7 3ED) in the last 12 months was 86.4 per 1,000 residents and was 28.7% lower than the Chapel Allerton average (121.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 47.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -51.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Mexborough Avenue (LS7 3ED), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Cross Cowper Street, where police recorded 30 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Reginald Street (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Leeds| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2026 | Public order | Husler Place | Under investigation |
| Mar 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sholebroke Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Mar 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Olrika Court | Under investigation |
| Mar 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Scott Hall Walk | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Mar 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Scott Hall Walk | Awaiting court outcome |
| Mar 2026 | Vehicle crime | Mexborough Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Mar 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chapeltown Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Mar 2026 | Drugs | Sholebroke Place | Under investigation |
| Mar 2026 | Drugs | A61 | Under investigation |
| Mar 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chapeltown Road | Under investigation |
| Mar 2026 | Other theft | A61 | Under investigation |
| Mar 2026 | Other theft | Back Sholebroke View | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Mar 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Sholebroke View | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Mar 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Laurel Mount | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Mar 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Husler Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Mar 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cross Louis Street | Under investigation |
| Mar 2026 | Other theft | Husler Place | Under investigation |
| Mar 2026 | Public order | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Mar 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Mexborough Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Mar 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cross Francis Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Mar 2026 | Other theft | Back Mexborough Drive | Under investigation |
| Mar 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Laurel Mount | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Mar 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Reginald Row | Under investigation |
| Mar 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Reginald Row | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Mar 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mexborough Place | Under investigation |
| Mar 2026 | Drugs | Cross Cowper Street | Under investigation |
| Mar 2026 | Other theft | Savile Place | Under investigation |
| Mar 2026 | Theft from the person | Cross Francis Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Mar 2026 | Possession of weapons | Cross Cowper Street | Under investigation |
| Mar 2026 | Vehicle crime | Cross Cowper Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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