Total Crime Rate
102.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
60.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Amberton Road area has the 19th lowest crime rate of 63 local areas in Gipton & Harehills , and the 1000th highest crime rate of 2,526 local areas in Leeds .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Amberton Road (LS8 3LT) in the last 12 months was 102.6 per 1,000 residents and was 38.0% 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 Theft from the person ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 60.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -9.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -81.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Amberton Road (LS8 3LT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Lawrence Walk, where police recorded 31 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Amberton Place (23 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Leeds| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beech Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Moynihan Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Foundry Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Lawrence Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Easterly View | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Amberton Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thorn Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Amberton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Amberton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Amberton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Simmons Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Simmons Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Thorn Cross | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thorn Cross | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thorn Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hetton Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beech Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Amberton Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Amberton Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Thorn Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thorn Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Briarsdale Garth | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lawrence Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lawrence Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lawrence Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Lawrence Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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