Total Crime Rate
232.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
161.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Francis Street area has the 21st highest crime rate of 166 local areas in Chapel Allerton , and the 337th 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 Francis Street (LS7 4BT) in the last 12 months was 232.3 per 1,000 residents and was 89.6% higher than the Chapel Allerton average (122.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 64 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 75 (≈ 161.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 10.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -54.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Francis Street (LS7 4BT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 67 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Back Grange Terrace (30 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 | Back Grange View | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hamilton Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Cowper Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Back Hamilton Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Hamilton Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Frankland Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Frankland Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Grange View | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gipton Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Back Harehills Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grange Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Leopold Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gipton Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gledhow Mount | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Gipton Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Gledhow Mount | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Dodgson Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Grange Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Spencer Mount | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Grange Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Gathorne Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hamilton View | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Gathorne Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Gathorne Terrace | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Gathorne Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Hamilton View | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Back Hillcrest View | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gledhow Mount | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Gathorne Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
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