Crime Rates at Dorset Road, Leeds, LS8 3QL

Dorset Road area has the 28th lowest crime rate of 63 local areas in Gipton & Harehills , and the 841st highest crime rate of 2,526 local areas in Leeds .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Dorset Road (LS8 3QL) in the last 12 months was 125.5 per 1,000 residents and was 26.1% lower than the Gipton & Harehills average (169.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 34 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 36 (≈ 77.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -58.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Dorset Road (LS8 3QL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 284 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Back Milan Street (57 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.