Total Crime Rate

103.5 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 103.5 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 43.7 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 16.1 7/10
  • Public order 9.2 7/10
  • Burglary 6.9 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.9 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.9 6/10
  • Other crime 4.6 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.6 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.3 1/10
  • Drugs 2.3 1/10
  • Other theft 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 · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Arlington Road area has the 11th highest crime rate of 42 local areas in Roundhay , and the 1014th 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 Arlington Road (LS8 2RU) in the last 12 months was 103.5 per 1,000 residents and was 34.4% higher than the Roundhay average (77.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -36.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 57.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -3.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -13.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Arlington Road (LS8 2RU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Easterly Square, where police recorded 40 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Gipton Wood Place (29 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Arlington Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gipton Wood Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gipton Wood Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Montagu Gardens
Sep 2025Burglary Arlington Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gipton Wood Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gipton Wood Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Hetton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gipton Wood Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Hetton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Hetton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Easterly Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gipton Wood Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Easterly Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gipton Wood Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Gipton Wood Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gipton Wood Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Easterly Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Amberton Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Amberton Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Amberton Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Easterly Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hetton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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