Total Crime Rate
156.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
87.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Beech Grove area has the 32nd lowest crime rate of 63 local areas in Gipton & Harehills , and the 627th 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 Beech Grove (LS8 3BF) in the last 12 months was 156.0 per 1,000 residents and was 5.7% lower than the Gipton & Harehills average (165.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 48 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 52 (≈ 87.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 6.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -54.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Beech Grove (LS8 3BF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Briarsdale Mews, where police recorded 36 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Lawrence Walk (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Leeds| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Thorn Cross | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Thorn Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thorn Cross | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Briarsdale Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Briarsdale Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Briarsdale Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Lawrence Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beech Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Briarsdale Garth | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Foundry Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Gipton Gate East | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thorn Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thorn Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Simmons Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Easterly View | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Simmons Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thorn Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Amberton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Moynihan Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Amberton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beech Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Amberton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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