Total Crime Rate
100.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Dorset Mount 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 Mount (LS8 3QX) 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 Mount (LS8 3QX), 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.
View Crime In Gipton & Harehills| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Back Nice View | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Back Cowper Grove | 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 | Vehicle crime | Cowper Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Cowper Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Cowper Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Cowper Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Back Cowper Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Sandhurst Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Darfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Chatsworth Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Back Chatsworth Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Dorset Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Sandhurst Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Back Sandhurst Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Hovingham Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Back Hovingham Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Dorset Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | B6159 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Easterly Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sandhurst Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Upland Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Upland Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Upland Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Upland Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Upland Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Back Hovingham Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sandhurst Road | Under investigation |
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