Total Crime Rate
68.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
32.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Upland Road area has the 18th lowest crime rate of 42 local areas in Roundhay , and the 1112th lowest crime rate of 2,526 local areas in Leeds .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Upland Road (LS8 2TQ) in the last 12 months was 68.6 per 1,000 residents and was 12.3% lower than the Roundhay average (78.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 32.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -42.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -66.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Upland Road (LS8 2TQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 55 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Back Dorset Road (31 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Leeds| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Well House Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gipton Wood Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chirton Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hovingham Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hovingham Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chirton Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Chirton Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Upland Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Upland Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | St Wilfrids Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gipton Wood Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Easterly Cross | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Easterly Cross | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Easterly Cross | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Wilfrids Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gipton Wood Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Chirton Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Well House Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Upland Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Upland Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Upland Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Back Dorset Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Back Dorset Road | Under investigation |
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