Total Crime Rate
100.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
62.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Amberton Street area has the 17th lowest crime rate of 63 local areas in Gipton & Harehills , and the 1032nd highest crime rate of 2,526 local areas in Leeds .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Amberton Street (LS8 3JS) in the last 12 months was 100.0 per 1,000 residents and was 39.6% 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 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 62.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 37.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -71.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Amberton Street (LS8 3JS), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 94 crimes here, including 25 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Leeds| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Amberton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Gladedale Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Amberton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Amberton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Amberton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Primo Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Amberton Mount | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Amberton Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Amberton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Amberton Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Amberton Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Amberton Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Lawrence Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Amberton Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Woodfield Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Amberton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Amberton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Montagu Rise | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Montagu Rise | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Montagu Rise | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Montagu Rise | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lawrence Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lawrence Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Amberton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Primo Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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