Total Crime Rate

153.7 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

83.7 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

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 153.7 9/10
  • Violent crimes 83.7 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 58.4 9/10
  • Public order 19.5 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 13.6 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 9.7 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.7 7/10
  • Drugs 9.7 8/10
  • Other theft 9.7 8/10
  • Burglary 7.8 8/10
  • Theft from the person 5.8 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.9 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.0 1/10
  • Other crime 2.0 1/10
  • Robbery 2.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Spencer Place area has the 47th highest crime rate of 166 local areas in Chapel Allerton , and the 640th 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 Spencer Place (LS7 4DH) in the last 12 months was 153.7 per 1,000 residents and was 25.5% 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 30 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 43 (≈ 83.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -28.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -63.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Spencer Place (LS7 4DH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Louis Le Prince Court, where police recorded 61 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bayswater Row (31 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Spencer Place area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Public order Back Hamilton Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hamilton View Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Back Hares Mount Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Grange Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Hares Mount Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Hares Terrace Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Back Grange Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Back Grange Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hamilton View Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Bayswater Row Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Back Hamilton View Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Back Hares Terrace Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cross Grange Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Ponderosa Close Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Drugs Ponderosa Close Local resolution
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Back Airlie Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Louis Le Prince Court Local resolution
Apr 2026Drugs Back Hillcrest View Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Back Airlie Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Back Shepherds Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cross Grange Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Louis Le Prince Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bayswater Row Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Woodland Mount Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bayswater Row Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bayswater Row Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bayswater Row Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Back Hillcrest View Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Back Hares Mount
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Louis Le Prince Court Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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