Total Crime Rate
271.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Hamilton Place area has the 12th highest crime rate of 166 local areas in Chapel Allerton , and the 229th highest crime rate of 2,526 local areas in Leeds .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Hamilton Place (LS7 4EH) in the last 12 months was 271.1 per 1,000 residents and was 135.7% higher than the Chapel Allerton average (115.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 53 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -40.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 57 (≈ 200.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 185.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 52.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hamilton Place (LS7 4EH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Back Grange Terrace, where police recorded 32 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Shepherds Grove (23 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Chapel Allerton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Back Grange Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Grange Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Leopold Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Leopold Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Louis Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodland Mount | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shepherds Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shepherds Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shepherds Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shepherds Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hamilton Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hamilton Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Shepherds Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Grange Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Cross Cowper Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Back Hillcrest Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hamilton View | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hillcrest View | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Hillcrest View | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Grange Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Grange Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Grange Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Hillcrest View | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Hillcrest View | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Hamilton Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hamilton Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Back Hillcrest View | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Cross Cowper Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Leopold Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Spencer Mount | Under investigation |
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