Total Crime Rate
125.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Hovingham Grove 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 Hovingham Grove (LS8 3QU) 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 Hovingham Grove (LS8 3QU), 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.
View Crime In Gipton & Harehills| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Berkeley Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Chatsworth Road | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Cowper Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Cowper Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Dorset Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Dorset Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Dorset Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Dorset Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Dorset Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Sandhurst Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Berkeley Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Berkeley Mount | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Back Chatsworth Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Berkeley Mount | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | St Wilfrids Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | St Wilfrids Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Berkeley Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Berkeley Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Berkeley Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Berkeley Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Berkeley Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St Wilfrids Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Sandhurst Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sandhurst Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sandhurst Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Back Hovingham Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Chatsworth Road | Under investigation |
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