Total Crime Rate

100.4 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 100.4 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 73.4 9/10
  • Burglary 5.8 6/10
  • Other theft 5.8 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.8 5/10
  • Other crime 3.9 5/10
  • Public order 3.9 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 1.9 1/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Dorset Terrace area has the 18th lowest crime rate of 63 local areas in Gipton & Harehills , and the 1053rd 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 Dorset Terrace (LS8 3QR) in the last 12 months was 100.4 per 1,000 residents and was 40.9% 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 38 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 123.5% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 40 (≈ 77.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 110.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -44.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Dorset Terrace (LS8 3QR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 284 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (79 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Dorset Terrace area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Back Sandhurst Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Back Chatsworth Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Cowper Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Cowper Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Cowper Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Back Cowper Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Back Cowper Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Back Cowper Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Darfield Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Back Chatsworth Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Dorset Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Back Dorset Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Darfield Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Back Sandhurst Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Back Sandhurst Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hovingham Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Back Hovingham Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Easterly Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Easterly Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Easterly Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Back Dorset Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Back Dorset Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Darfield Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order St Wilfrids Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Back Hovingham Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sandhurst Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sandhurst Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Sandhurst Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Back Berkeley Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Back Berkeley Terrace Under investigation

Data Sources

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