Total Crime Rate
145.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
96.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hovingham Mount area has the 30th lowest crime rate of 63 local areas in Gipton & Harehills , and the 690th highest crime rate of 2,526 local areas in Leeds .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Hovingham Mount (LS8 3RB) in the last 12 months was 145.4 per 1,000 residents and was 12.2% 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 42 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -62.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 60 (≈ 96.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 27.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -60.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hovingham Mount (LS8 3RB), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 124 crimes here, including 85 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Leeds| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Sandhurst Mount | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rossall Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hovingham Mount | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Luxor Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Luxor View | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chatsworth Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chatsworth Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Conway Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Dorset Mount | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Back Milan Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Back Milan Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cowper Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Back Dorset Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hovingham Mount | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Ruthven View | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Milan Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Easterly Grove | Under investigation |
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