Total Crime Rate
384.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
144.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Harehills Lane area has the 4th highest crime rate of 63 local areas in Gipton & Harehills , and the 117th highest crime rate of 2,526 local areas in Leeds .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Harehills Lane (LS8 3RG) in the last 12 months was 384.8 per 1,000 residents and was 132.4% higher 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 48 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 8.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 59 (≈ 144.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -21.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 6.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Harehills Lane (LS8 3RG), the main crime hotspot is near Back Broughton Terrace. Police recorded 130 crimes here, including 70 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Strathmore Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chatsworth Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Seaforth Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Seaforth Terrace | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Seaforth Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Sandhurst Mount | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sandhurst Mount | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Seaforth Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Strathmore Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Compton Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Seaforth Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Compton Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Compton Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Florence Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Florence Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Darfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Compton Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Compton Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Seaforth Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sandhurst Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cowper Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Back Sandhurst Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Florence Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Florence Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Florence Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Florence Grove | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Florence Grove | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sandhurst Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Back Sandhurst Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Back Sandhurst Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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